The multi-talented American dancer, singer and actress Mayte Garcia was born on 12th of November 1973. She was born at a military base at Alabama. Her father was in the military and he was of Puerto Rican Descent. She is popular for a lot of things in her career but the most fame she got was from getting married to pop star Prince. Most of her childhood spent with her family moving from one place to another place between United States and Germany. Her mother was a dance teacher and her father flew military aircraft. She learned her dancing skills from her mother who was a dance teacher at schools. Her mother acts as an inspiration for her.
Mayte Learned dancing from her mother from an early age of three and after just five years from her very first lesson she went professional at the age of eight where she appeared the television show “thats incredible!” as the world’s youngest belly dancer. People watching the shows were amazed and surprised by her performance which was pretty good to see an eight year old performing such difficult dance step. Furthermore, she was interested in singing and music as well. She went to Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany. After completion of school she got more involved in showbiz with her dancing abilities and skills. She performed on small stages and programs. She also made video tapes of her for her advertisement to celebrities who needed dancers when they were on tour. Showbiz as always was booming all around and everyone wanted piece of it some way or other and without a doubt Mayte was gradually but surely becoming a huge part of it.
All her hard work and labor paid in the year 1990 when her mother approached superstar for a job as a dancer and showed him the video tapes of Mayte dancing. Prince liked the video tapes and accepted her proposal. Actually this was her first big break of her dancing career. She toured with Prince as dancer on “Diamonds and Pearls” tour. Prince was so impressed and surprised by her performance at the tour she became the focus for his next album “Love Symbol”. It showed how prince was attracted to Mayte. There were rumors all around that Mayte and Prince were dating together. Now Mayte had gained the stardom and fame.
In year 1995 she released her album “child of the sun” which was produced by her boyfriend Prince. But the album was not become successful. By now she had already earned her superstar status and was an idol of many young and teenage girls around the world.
In year 1996, on the auspicious occasion of Valentine‘s day Mayte Garcia married with her boyfriend and accepted him as her husband. Just after two months of her marriage she found that she was pregnant. Both Mayte and her husband Prince was overjoyed about the news and was ready to have a baby. But some shocking news spread as her newly born baby was diagnosed with Pfeiffer syndrome (rare skull disease) and died after a week. This was the shocking for them. Lots of their followers, fans and loved ones mourned on such an unpleasant incident. Few months later, Mayte started and were back in business, Apart from singing and dancing she started acting and hosting some T.V shows as well.
Talking more about her career, she has appeared in a number of movies such as “Life is hot in crackdown”, “Ego”, “Fire House Dog etc. Her awesome performance as a bar dancer in the Bollywood movie “DUS” was a big hit all over the India. Besides, her dancing, acting and singing career, she also hosted a few T.V shows including “dance your ass off” and “Across the Hall”. She is one of the recognized and renowned celebrities of the world. Other information about her can be taken from wiki and various websites.