MAYTE GARCIA

'Mayte Jannell Garcia' (b. 12 November 1973), better known as simply 'Mayte' is a dancer and singer, best known as the former wife of pop-star, Prince. Born on a military base in Alabama, Garcia's parents (who are of Puerto Rican ancestry) relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments.
Mayte appeared on the American television program ''That's Incredible!'' at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She graduated from Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany. This is the same high school that Priscilla Presley attended while dating Elvis.

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Working with Prince

Marriage, child and annulment

Recent activities

External links

Working with Prince

Mayte first came to the attention of Prince in 1990 when her mother, Nell submitted a video cassette of Mayte's performance. Prince met the young dancer during the same year while on tour in Germany and eventually she was hired to dance in his ''Diamonds and Pearls'' tour. Her role was soon elevated as she became the focus of his next album — (""; see ''Love Symbol'') and assumed the guise of an Egyptian princess for the concept album.
When Prince slimmed down the New Power Generation and changed his stage name to , Mayte revealed to fans her Puerto Rican heritage, remained in the NPG as a dancer, and often provided English and Spanish vocals on his albums. In 1995, produced an album for Mayte entitled ''Child of the Sun'' for a European release on his NPG Records label. Singles for the album included "If I Love U 2 Night".

Marriage, child and annulment

Rumors that and Mayte were an item were confirmed when they announced their engagement not long after her album was released. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1996. 's 3-CD opus, ''Emancipation'' was largely dedicated to their union and their then-unborn child. The child, rumored to have been named Gregory, was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare skull disease and died shortly after birth. The marriage was eventually annuled in 1999. Mayte received a house in Spain as a settlement.
She was also linked to entertainment phenom Wade Robson
In 2001 Mayte was briefly engaged to musician Tommy Lee.

Recent activities

Garcia guest starred on the USA Network show "Psych" and TNT show "The Closer," and has appeared as a guest star on the hit shows "Las Vegas (TV series)" and "Nip/Tuck", as well as the films "Firehouse Dog", ''Charlie Wilson's War'', and the independent film EGO, to be directed by Antonio Macia.
She was recently filmed as a dancer in the Hindi film Dus for the sonr Deedar De Deedar De
31-year-old Mayte was seen gyrating in a number called Deedaar De from producer Nitin Manmohan’s film Dus . The song is sung Sunidhi Chauhan and composed by Vishal-Shekhar.
The idea for shooting the number on Mayte came from LA-based choreographer Liz Imperio.
Nitin says that he was looking for a girl with a hint of Latin American looks for the song in the film. He adds that Mayte fitted the bill perfectly because she has "a mix of Latin American and Indian looks."

External links

★ Mayte's official site

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