Kate Prince

Katherine Jane Prince MBE (born 1974) is a British choreographer and was the founder and director of ZooNation.[1]

Kate Prince
Born1974
Southampton
NationalityBritish
OccupationChoreographer
Known forFounder of London-based hip hop dance troupe ZooNation, Into the Hoods

Early life

Kate Prince was born in Southampton in 1974.[2] She grew up in a middle class family in Hampshire, attending a private school. She enjoyed watching MTV videos and musicals as a child, which inspired her desire to dance. (Ref: BBC 1, Imagine, 2020)

Career

In 2002, Prince founded the London-based dance company ZooNation, for whom she has created the works Into the Hoods and Some Like It Hip Hop.[1] She is an associate artist at Sadler's Wells, London.[2] Prince has been nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer - in 2009 for Into the Hoods[3] and in 2018 for Everybody's Talking About Jamie[4]

Prince was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to dance.[5]

Original works (partial)
  • Into the Hoods
  • Some Like It Hip Hop
  • Groove on Down the Road
  • Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Music videos (partial)
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References
  1. Kate Prince in ZooNation Dance Company retrieved March 30, 2015
  2. Barnett, Laura (9 October 2012). "Kate Prince, choreographer – portrait of the artist". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. "Olivier Awards Winners 2009 -Official London Theatre". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. "Olivier Awards 2018: Winners in full". BBC News. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B20.
  6. "Kate Prince - Associate Artists - Sadler's Wells Theatre". www.sadlerswells.com.
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