Katherine Jane Prince (born 1974) is a British choreographer, and the founder and director of ZooNation.Kate Prince in ZooNation Dance Compan

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Early life

Kate Prince was born in Southampton in 1974.

Career

In 2002, Prince founded the London-based dance company ZooNation, for whom she has created the works ''

Into the Hoods ''Into the Hoods'' -- "An Urban Fairy Tale" is a hip hop/musical created by London-based hip hop dance troupe ZooNation, and conceived and directed by the choreographer Kate Prince. The basic premise of the show is a hip-hop take on the Stephen ...

'' and ''Some Like It Hip Hop''. She is an associate artist at

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, London. Prince has been nominated twice for the

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for Best Theatre Choreographer - in 2009 for

and in 2018 for

Everybody's Talking About Jamie ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' is a coming-of-age stage musical with music by Dan Gillespie Sells and book and lyrics by Tom MacRae. The musical is inspired by the 2011 British television documentary ''Jamie: Drag Queen at 16'' directed ...

Prince was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to dance.

Original works (partial)

* ''

'' * ''Some Like It Hip Hop'' * ''Groove on Down the Road'' * ''Mad Hatter's Tea Party'' * '' Sylvia''

Music videos (partial)

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, " Something Good 08" *

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, " Up"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, Kate 1974 births Living people English choreographers People from Southampton Members of the Order of the British Empire British choreographers