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Dancing his way into his dream, 19 year old Dyhan Cardoso is leaving the poverty stricken favelas of Belo Horizonte in Brazil behind, having been recruited to one of the world's premiere ballet companies, Atlanta Ballet in the USA.

Cardoso's passion for dance was ignited at the age of 6.

Accompanying his sister to ballet classes, which was a social project in his community, he quickly got the bug.

Nevertheless, as his mother Heloisa Helena recounts, the instructor was reluctant to admit Cardoso to the class, given he was the only boy.

Dancing to the beat of his own drum, Cardoso was undeterred by the neighbourhood kids mocking him for not having taken up football instead of dancing.

A fortuitous encounter with a customer at the restaurant his mother cooks at, resulted in him getting a spot at an audition, for a dance academy on the more affluent side of town - where he not only landed a place but was also granted a scholarship to attend.

Despite being a misfit at home and at school, being the sole black boy in a class of white girls, Cardoso remained focused on his dream.

Cardoso's dedication to his passion has led to a major shift in his reality, as he's due to take his place with one of the oldest continually performing ballet companies, Atlanta Ballet.

Having excelled at the Ballet's audition, held in his city, Cardoso's received high commendations from the ballet's artistic director.

His ballet instructor in Brazil, Dadyer Aguilera, expected nothing less from the young dancer.

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