NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas spirit.
Hundreds of residents in Kenya’s Nairobi cheered as the nimble ballerinas, wearing Santa hats and sparkling colorful outfits, turned the dusty narrow roads of the neighborhood of Kibera into a dance-worthy stage on Saturday.
The annual show was a hit.
Young dancers perform, during a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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