Vogueさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VogueInstagram)「Since it was uploaded to Instagram in June, a video of Nigerian ballet dancer Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in the rain has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times over. In a time when our social media feeds are filled with unsettling news around the world, the video of the 11-year-old pirouetting beautifully over puddles is especially uplifting. Madu is one of a dozen students between the ages of 5 and 12 at Daniel Owoseni’s Leap Academy of Dance (@LeapofDanceAcademy) in Badagry, an unassuming coastal town about six hours from the center of Lagos, Nigeria’s sprawling metropolis. Owoseni founded the ballet school a little over three years ago, with an incredible backstory of his own. With no access to the ballet schools in Lagos’s exclusive suburbs, Owoseni decided to teach himself ballet after watching Save the Last Dance at the age of 13. A decade later, and Owoseni was good enough to hold his own with the best in the country, and began teaching classes of his own. At the link in our bio, we spoke to Owoseni about how he opened the school despite facing challenges and hurdles, and how he and his students are making an art form of their own. Photographed by @stephen.tayo.」8月6日 23時28分