Cynthia Harvey, the artistic director of the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Dance in New York saw the video and immediately attempted to locate the promising young dancer. After she found him, she offered a full scholarship so Madu could go to the ABT Young Dancer Summer Workshop. This year, of course, it has to be virtual, due to pandemic conditions. ABT also arranged for the head instructor and owner of the Leap of Dance Academy, Daniel Alaja Owoseni, to be able to attend a two-week training course for dance instructors. Right now, Madu and Owoseni are working to get Madu internet access so that he can attend the virtual dance academy. While he doesn’t have internet, he did get a donated laptop by the many supporters of his work. As for his newfound, viral fame, Madu said: “When people see ballet they think it is only for girls. How I want them to see me is when I am dancing, they know that there is a male ballet dancer.”
