Kate Prince
Kate Prince is a Director, Writer, and Choreographer.
She is also the Artistic Director of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company which she founded in 2002. Kate is an Associate Artist at both The Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells, where ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company is also a Resident Company.
In 2005 Sadler’s Wells commissioned the company’s first full-length work, Into the Hoods, conceived and directed by Kate. The show’s premiere in 2006 met with widespread critical acclaim and Into the Hoods went on to become the first Hip-Hop dance show to transfer to the West End in 2008 after two critically successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Kate’s further work with ZooNation includes, amongst others, the Olivier nominated Some Like it Hip Hop (Sadler’s Wells Peacock 2011-13, 2019 and two UK tours). The company also created special performances for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations and for the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2011 creating new choreography for West Side Story with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
For TV Kate’s credits include work for Strictly Come Dancing, So You Think You Can Dance, The Royal Variety Show, Top of the Pops and many more. Her film work includes choreography for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, StreetDance 3D and The Holloway Laundrette, which she wrote & directed for BAFTA/Channel 4.
With ZooNation she has also created choreography for sporting events, including the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Handover Ceremonies (2008), the Opening Ceremony of the Tour de France (2007) and the IOC opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics at the Royal Opera House.
In 2018, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company became an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and a registered charity in recognition of its mission to inspire the next generation of theatregoers and theatre-makers.
Kate has been nominated for three Olivier Award, a South Bank Sky Arts Award, a WhatsOnStage Award and two Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards. Kate has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Winchester and in 2019, she received an MBE for services to dance.
