Mike Wamaya is a former proffessional dancer and teacher for the ballet class, The ballet is part of Annos Africa, a charity who also have art classes, traditional dance music and much more in slum areas around Kenya Dans le petit village de Kibera, au Kenya, un cours de danse classique a lieu chaque mercredi après-midi. Après avoir chaussé leurs chaussons, débarrassé leur salle de classe et passé un coup de balais, les élèves allument la petite enceinte portable posée dans le coin de la pièce et commencent la séance. Fredrik Lerneryd, photographe suisse freelance, a capturé ce rendez-vous hebdomadaire dans une série de photos, qu’il a baptisée Slum Ballet. Some of the older girls is practicing a dance together, while the ballet class takes place there is always a whole group of curious students around the classroom/dance studio The shoes is very precious for the group and they make sure that they are well maintained and secured, even though they are used to dance barefoot, the shoes is much needed to advance in ballet. Some of the girls during warmup before the Ballet class, the class is held in a classroom, so before they start they need to empty the room and clean the floor. The mix of classical music, Mike's voice going" One, Two, Three Four!" and the colourful dresses turns the grey cold room into a real ballet studio fredriklernerydslumbalettfotografiska9 fredriklernerydslumbalettfotografiska10 Mary is one of the older students, she's been dancing for a few years now and feel it's more then just a dance. It's a passion, a freezone, and it's one way to chance her life. "When I was young I saw ballet on TV, I liked the dance and the pointing shoes, and I wanted to be a ballerina since then" says Pamela 13, one of the older students in the class Crédits : Fredrik Lerneryd