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Obituaries
Star NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince Dead At 29 Star NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince Dead At 29
Star NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince Dead At 29 Michaela DePrince, a professional ballerina with roots in South Jersey and Philadelphia, has died at 29 years old. UPDATE: Late PA Ballerina Michaela DePrince's Mom Died Less Than 24 Hours After Her Michaela's passing was announced in a post on her Instagram on Friday, Sept. 13, and has since been confirmed by the family to Daily Voice. The family says Michaela passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 10.  A full statement from a representative of the family has been posted on Facebook.  OFFICIAL FAMILY STATEMENT UPDATE 9/14/24: Michaela DePrince Elaine DePrince Thank you to…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Former Rockette Is Mesmerizing TikTok With Viral Ballet Clip Filmed At Jersey Shore (VIDEO) Former Rockette Is Mesmerizing TikTok With Viral Ballet Clip Filmed At Jersey Shore (VIDEO)
Former Rockette Is Mesmerizing TikTok With Viral Ballet Clip Filmed At Jersey Shore (Video) After the fourth take, Sophie Silnicki decided her ballet-dancing video was "okay." The internet thought otherwise. Four days after posting the 15-second clip filmed at a beach in North Wildwood, Silnicki's video had been viewed more than 1.5M times on TikTok. "I did not expect this to happen," the 26-year-old professional ballerina and former Rockette told Daily Voice on a call Wednesday morning, July 5. @sophieseasilnicki Silnicki grew up in West Virginia, trained at the San Francisco Ballet School as a teen, then moved to New York City in hopes of landing professional jobs.  …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Mom Who Died After Giving Birth To Twins In Central Jersey Was Role Model Ballerina Mom Who Died After Giving Birth To Twins In Central Jersey Was Role Model Ballerina
Mom Who Died After Giving Birth To Twins In Central Jersey Was Role Model Ballerina A pair of premature twins whose New Jersey mother died shortly after their birth are growing and thriving, cooing and sleeping through the night. GIgi and Bella's mother, Gabrielle Noa-Abbate of Sayreville, was a well-known and respected ballerina with the New Jersey Ballet, seen as a role model to young dancers.  Isabella Rose and Gianna Grace AbbateGoFundMe The girls were born on Jan. 26 and Gabby passed away on Feb. 8, She was home four days with them. "Mrs. Noa-Abbate was a role model to her students and the professional dancers she coached and danced beside," the NJ Ballet said in…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Beloved Dance Teacher Dies In Elizabeth House Fire Beloved Dance Teacher Dies In Elizabeth House Fire
Beloved Dance Teacher Dies In Elizabeth House Fire A well-known dance teacher died in an Elizabeth house fire Tuesday, authorities announced. Damaryz Vazquez died in the two-alarm blaze that broke out at 852 Park Ave., around 6 p.m., City Spokeswoman Kelly A. Martins said. Vazquez owned a dance studio in a small storefront on Elizabeth Avenue for many years. "Not only was it a place where many of us learned the basics of ballet, jazz, flamenco etc.," said longtime family friend Natalie Pinero, "but it was a social place -- a gathering space for the community where Latin social culture flourished." Vazquez cemented herself a…

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by Cecilia Levine