A star ballerina who appeared in Beyonce’s Lemonade video and on Dancing With The Stars has died at the age of 29.

Michaela DePrince’s death was announced on her Instagram page and confirmed by her family on Facebook, where they paid tribute to “an unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story”.

They said her death was “sudden” but no further details have been released.

DePrince was born in war-torn Sierra Leone as Mabinty Bangura. She spent some of her…