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PHOTO ESSAY | 'Dance is beautiful': Kenyan youth reach for ballet stars

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Dancer Lavender Orisa, 17, performs during the production of the 'Nutcracker', a classical ballet traditionally performed in the Christmas period, at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on November 26, 2023.
Dancer Lavender Orisa, 17, performs during the production of the 'Nutcracker', a classical ballet traditionally performed in the Christmas period, at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on November 26, 2023.
Photo: Luis Tato/AFP

Bravian Mise hits a series of grand jetes - leaping like a gazelle across the cramped living room - and pirouettes during an exhaustive rehearsal at his home in a Kenyan slum.

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