尼日利亚男孩因舞蹈视频在美国声名大噪

Nigerian boys are famous in the United States for their dance videos

据美联社消息，今年早些时候，安东尼·梅西玛·马杜（Anthony Mmesoma Madu）在尼日利亚的毛毛雨中赤脚练习芭蕾舞时，这位11岁的孩子还以为这段录像将用于普通的电影学习课程。

Earlier this year, when Anthony mmesoma Madu was practicing ballet barefoot in the drizzle in Nigeria, the 11 year old thought the video would be used for ordinary film lessons, according to the associated press.

取而代之的是，更多观众看到了他在雨中不穿鞋进行脚尖旋转的手机视频。该视频在社交媒体上的点击量已经超过2000万次，观看者中包括获得奥斯卡奖的演员维奥拉·戴维斯（Viola Davis）和获得过格莱美奖和托尼奖的辛西娅·埃里沃（Cynthia Erivo）。

Instead, more viewers saw videos of him spinning his toes in the rain without shoes. The video has been viewed more than 20 million times on social media, including Oscar winning actor Viola Davis and Grammy and Tony winning Cynthia erivo.

马杜的舞蹈练习视频令人印象深刻，以至于他在美国芭蕾舞剧院获得了芭蕾舞奖学金。

Madu's dance practice videos were so impressive that he won a ballet scholarship at the American Ballet Theater.

“我感到非常，非常惊讶，非常非常高兴，”马杜说。他的舞蹈学院的同学们在尼日利亚拉各斯的一条街道上表演，同时将灰尘扔向空中庆祝。

"I was very, very surprised, very, very happy," Madu said. His dance academy classmates perform on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, while throwing dust into the air to celebrate.

马杜他补充说，芭蕾舞“很难学习，但是只要努力，就可以学习。”

Marduhe added that ballet "is hard to learn, but as long as you work hard, you can learn."

马杜还太小，无法在纽约旅行和学习。美国芭蕾舞团的女发言人劳拉米勒说，在这个城市学习并居住在宿舍中的最低年龄是15岁，但是他已经获得了暑期奖学金，今年秋天继续上学的可能性正在讨论中。

Madu is too young to travel and study in New York. Laura Miller, a spokesman for the American Ballet, said the minimum age for studying and living in a dormitory in the city is 15, but he has won a summer scholarship and the possibility of continuing to school this fall is under discussion.

米勒说，美国芭蕾舞剧院目前正在为马杜制定时间表，该时间表的时差为六个小时。该公司还与他谈论参加周末计划。

Miller said ballet is currently working on a schedule for Madu, which has a time difference of six hours. The company also talked to him about joining the weekend program.

这段视频是马杜的教练Daniel Ajala的主意，他是一名自学的芭蕾舞演员。他也是2017年创办的Leap of Dance Academy（尼日利亚纯公益舞蹈学校）的创始人。

This video was the idea of Daniel ajala, Madu's coach, a self-taught ballerina. He is also the founder of the leap of Dance Academy, which was founded in 2017.