She went from village hall to Sting/hip hop impact
Like many small-town kids, Kate Prince dabbled in dance and music.
In a village hall in England, she tried ballet and tap and modern dance. In her family’s garage, she played an electric keyboard, mastering a Sting song at 11.
“‘Every Breath You Take’ is the first song I learned to play fairly well,” she said, in a Zoom press conference with Sting.
Lots of kids might try such things, but Prince never let up. Now, 38 years later, PBS has “Message in a Bottle” (shownhere) her dance piece done to the music of Sting. That’s 9 p.m. Nov. 3 on “Great Performances,” which a week earlier (Oct. 27) has a more-traditional dance concert by the New York City Ballet. Read more…