Kate Prince brought a message in a bottle to Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Art Square

Danse Danse welcomes the international tour of Message In A Bottle, celebrating contemporary and street dance styles around the hits of legendary singer Sting. Organized by choreographer Kate Prince with performers from ZooNation, this blockbuster event will be staged from March 12-16, 2024 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts.

Produced by Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK, Message In A Bottle made its world premiere on 19 February 2020 at Sadler's Wells' West End, The Peacock Theatre. Since then, the show has toured the world. Indeed, over 100,000 audiences in Europe, Australia and North America witnessed his gravity-defying, lyrical hip-hop dance and soulful music combine in a compelling story of humanity and hope.

A message in a bottle finds the village suddenly under siege as it celebrates its joy. In Peace, three brothers – Leto, Mati and Tana – lose their parents. They embark on a perilous journey to new lands and embark on their own unique adventures that offer a poignant but ultimately hopeful portrait of the radical destruction and resilience of immigrants and refugees. Songs include Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Every Little Thing It Is Magic, Walking on the Moon, Englishman in New York, Shape Of My Heart and Fields Of Gold.

The Message In A Bottle soundtrack breathes new life into Sting's legendary repertoire, with new vocals by Sting and new arrangements by Grammy and Tony Award winner Alex Lacamoire (Hamilton, The Greatest Showman), with guest vocals by award-winning actress and singer Beverly. Knight MBE and Linval Golding (Special).

Director and choreographer

Kate Prince is the artistic director of ZooNation: The Kate Prince, which she founded in 2002. He is an Associate Artist at the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells. ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company is also a partner company at Birmingham Racecourse and the Mayflower, Southampton.

ZooNation productions include: Into the Hoods (Novello Theater 2008), which was the first West End hip-hop dance show, Some Like It Hip Hop (Sadler's Wells Peacock 2011-13 and UK tour and 2019 revival), Groove on Down the Road (Southbank Center 2013-14), ZooNation: Unplugged (Sadler's Wells 2013), The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Royal Opera House Linbury Studio 2014 and the Roundhouse 2016), Into the Hoods: Remixed (Sadler's Wells Peacock UK 115-160 and ) and SYLVIA (Old Vic 2018). The company also created special performances for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations in Hyde Park in 2008 and the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2011, creating new choreography for West Side Story with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Kate's TV credits include choreography for Strictly Come Dancing, So You Think You Can Dance, The Royal Variety Show, Top of the Pops, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Take Away, CD:UK, Blue Peter, Strictly Dance Fever, Sport Relief, Album Chart , Discomania and PopWorld.

His film work includes 'Jamie Everyone's Talking About', choreography for 'StreetDance 3D' and the short film 'The Holloway Laundrette' which he wrote and directed for BAFTA/Channel 4.

Other theater credits include Jonathan Butterell's Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Sheffield Crucible and West End, Olivier Award for Best Theater Choreographer), Enda Walsh's Ballyturk (National Theatre), Stephen Meare's Shoes (Sadler's Wells), I Can't Tell! X-Factor the Musical (Palladium) and It's a Mad World My Masters (RSC), both for Sean Foley.

With ZooNation, he choreographed sporting events including the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics (2008), the Tour de France Opening Ceremony (2007) and the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony at the Royal Opera House.

Kate has been nominated for five Olivier Awards, a South Bank Sky Arts Award, a WhatsOnStage Award and two Critics' Circle National Dance Awards. Kate graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in General Arts and holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Winchester. He was awarded an MBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honors for services to dancing.

In 2017, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company was an Arts Council National Portfolio Organization for 2018-22.