Since it was uploaded to Internet in June, the video of Nigerian ballet dancer Madu dancing in the rain has been 1 hundreds of thousands of times over. In a moment when social media channels have been filled with upsetting 2, the scene of the 11-year-old pirouetting (单脚旋转) over puddles (水坑) is especially3.
Madu is one of a dozen students at Daniel Owoseni's Leap Academy(学院) of Dance. Owoseni 4the ballet school three years ago. He5 himself after watching Save the Last Dance at 13.“I basically learned all the fundamental 6of ballet through Internet," says Owoseni. A7 later, Owoseni was outstanding enough to8 the best in the county.9, his hopes for an international career were quickly ruined, for he was told an African was not qualified. It was then that Owoseni decided to10a ballet school in his hometown for kids like himself who couldn't.11 ballet classes. Owoseni started teaching at his home before a local businesswoman offered him a free.12 where he now holds weekly lessons.
Beyond the 13 that the academy has received from all over the world, he's most impressed by the 14 of his own pupils. "Nothing makes a teacher. 15than a student who wants to learn," he says. "Even though it rains cats and dogs outside they're getting ready for class. Who wouldn't be proud of these children?"
