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Cat Glover, Who Danced With Prince, Dies at 62
She worked with Prince on many of his iconic works, including the “Sign o’ the Times” tour and the “U Got the Look” music video.
Cat Glover, a dancer and choreographer for Prince who added a frenetic flair to the artist’s late 1980s ensembles, and who danced onstage with him during his “Sign o’ the Times” tour, has died at her home in Los Angeles. She was 62.
Her death was confirmed by Hayley Drinkall, a former manager, who did not say when she had died or cite a cause.
Amid the fevered and color-saturated sets of Prince’s music videos and stage shows, Ms. Glover often appeared to break through a cloud of fog or a group of dancers with her own rhythms and energy. The grace that Prince, a perfectionist in his productions, allowed Ms. Glover was palpable in their appearances together.
In the video for “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man,” Ms. Glover is featured as the main character of Prince’s sonic arc as she circles him onstage, her emotions shifting between bemused and charmed.
In the music video for the 1987 single “U Got the Look,” which Ms. Glover choreographed, a raucous club scene ends with a female dancer who appears to be Ms. Glover dragging Prince high up on the stage, culminating in a shot of the two standing at the same level. While she flexes her arm and Prince wails on his guitar, the pair appear herculean while backlit by smoke and fire.
