From the left: Robia LaMorte, Prince and Lori Werner


31 May


Like so many around the world, I too, was in shock and disbelief when I heard the news. Prince, at the age of 57, had died. I was instantly transported back to 1990. There I sat, 20 years old, cross-legged on the hardwood floor of the dance studio located in the heart of Hollywood. I was eager to begin my first day of dance rehearsals with Prince for his music video titled "Cream."

All of a sudden I glanced up, and standing in the doorway at the back of the room, was Prince! The Prince. My stomach fluttered. The man I had been in awe of since seeing his film Purple Rain made direct eye contact with me, smiled and started walking toward me. I nervously said hello, and within moments, the choreographer had us tangled in one another's arms as we began to learn the dance routine.

There was an instant chemistry between me, Prince and Lori, the dancer hired to play my twin, although we are not related. Before the day was over, Prince had the idea to name Lori "Diamond" and me "Pearl," and we instantly became his muses for his upcoming album Diamonds and Pearls.

A dance job that was intended to last a week morphed into almost two years of shooting music videos and album covers, and an international concert tour.

Read more here.

[Edited 4/7/17 11:35am]

Thx man, had not seen that one yet.

It's not a bad article, but it seems incomplete because she never discusses Prince's spiritual journey in the manner that she discusses hers. I think that it would have been a more balanced and indepth story had she discussed how Prince eventually found his own spiritual comfort in the same manner that she found hers. The parallel between their two spiritual journeys would have made the connection that had at the beginning even more interesting/metaphoric. But, then, again, maybe she doesn't know much about Prince after she stopped working with him.

nice article. did she ever find Lori? for a while on twitter she was trying to reach out to her.

As far as I know, she's still trying to find Lori.