Mayte Garcia (November 12, 1973) – Born in Fort Rucker, Alabama

PRINCE ARCHIVE – BIRTHDAYS

Mayte Jannell Garcia was born on November 12, 1973 at Fort Rucker, Alabama. A dancer from childhood, Garcia would later become an important figure within Prince’s creative world, joining the New Power Generation, appearing prominently throughout the Love Symbol period, performing on tour and developing her own recording career with Prince’s involvement.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

FEATURE	DETAILS
Full Name:	Mayte Jannell Garcia
Date of Birth:	November 12, 1973
Place of Birth:	Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA
Occupation:	Dancer / Singer / Actress
Prince Association:	New Power Generation
Joined Prince’s Touring World:	Early 1990s
Major Tour:	Diamonds and Pearls Tour
Major Prince Project:	Love Symbol
Video Project:	3 Chains o’ Gold
Solo Album:	Child of the Sun
Record Label:	NPG Records
Format:	Birthday / Biographical Chronicle
Principal Theme:	Mayte Garcia’s birth and later place within Prince’s creative world

ORIGINAL ARCHIVE MATERIAL

MAYTE GARCIA

[IMAGE PLACEMENT – MAYTE GARCIA – PRINCE / NPG PERIOD]

NOVEMBER 12, 1973

FORT RUCKER	ALABAMA
Mayte Jannell Garcia was born on November 12, 1973.	The documented birthplace is Fort Rucker, Alabama, a United States Army base.

AN INTERNATIONAL CHILDHOOD

UNITED STATES	GERMANY
Garcia’s childhood included time in the United States.	Garcia also grew up in Germany, an important geographical connection in the story of how the later association with Prince began.

DANCE FROM CHILDHOOD

AN EARLY START	PERFORMANCE
Garcia began dancing as a young child.	Dance subsequently became the talent that would establish Garcia professionally and eventually bring Garcia into Prince’s creative circle.

BELLY DANCING

EARLY SPECIALITY	A DISTINCTIVE PERFORMANCE SKILL
Belly dancing became one of Garcia’s principal areas of performance from childhood onwards.	The distinctive dance background would later become particularly significant within Garcia’s work alongside Prince.

EARLY TELEVISION

THAT’S INCREDIBLE!	CHILDHOOD APPEARANCE
Garcia appeared on the American television programme That’s Incredible! as a child.	The appearance documented the dance ability years before Garcia entered Prince’s professional world.

BALLET

FORMAL DANCE EXPERIENCE	WIESBADEN
Garcia’s dance background also included ballet.	This provided another foundation for the movement and choreographic work that would become increasingly important during the Prince years.

THE PRINCE CONNECTION

1990	GERMANY
Garcia came to Prince’s attention in 1990 after a performance video was passed into Prince’s circle.	Prince subsequently met Garcia while Prince was touring in Germany.

THE AUDITION VIDEO

DANCE PERFORMANCE	AN IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION
A videotape of Garcia dancing helped create the initial connection with Prince.	The introduction eventually developed into an ongoing association rather than a single audition encounter.

KEEPING IN CONTACT

AN EARLY CONNECTION	BEFORE JOINING THE NPG
Garcia and Prince remained in contact following their first meeting.	The professional relationship developed further before Garcia eventually became part of Prince’s performing organisation.

NEW POWER GENERATION

DANCER	PRINCE’S CREATIVE WORLD
Garcia subsequently joined Prince’s New Power Generation environment as a dancer.	Dance became the principal route through which Garcia entered one of the most visually ambitious periods of Prince’s career.

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS TOUR

1992	LIVE PERFORMANCE
Garcia danced during Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls Tour.	This placed Garcia before international Prince audiences and established Garcia as an increasingly visible part of the stage presentation.

LOVE SYMBOL

1992	A CENTRAL VISUAL ROLE
Garcia became a particularly prominent figure during the period surrounding Prince and the New Power Generation’s Love Symbol album.	Dance, video, visual concepts and an evolving narrative role all contributed to Garcia’s importance within this phase.

AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS

THE CONCEPT	MAYTE’S CHARACTER
Garcia was presented through an Egyptian-princess identity within the conceptual world surrounding the Love Symbol project.	The character became an important visual and narrative component of the era.

3 CHAINS O’ GOLD

VIDEO COMPILATION	THE LOVE SYMBOL STORY
Garcia appears prominently within 3 Chains o’ Gold.	The video project expanded the imagery and narrative surrounding Love Symbol, giving Garcia’s character a central position.

7

MUSIC VIDEO	DANCE & VISUAL PRESENTATION
Garcia appeared in the video for “7”.	The appearance provides one of the most recognisable visual documents of Garcia’s role during the Love Symbol period.

DAMN U

ANOTHER VIDEO APPEARANCE	1992
Garcia also appeared in Prince and the New Power Generation’s visual material for “Damn U”.	These appearances increasingly connected Garcia with the broader visual identity of Prince’s early-1990s work.

PEACH

1993	PRINCE VIDEO
Garcia appears in Prince’s “Peach” video.	The appearance continued Garcia’s presence within Prince’s visual work beyond the central Love Symbol campaign.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

DANCE	CHOREOGRAPHY
Garcia’s importance within Prince’s organisation extended beyond appearing in music videos.	Dance and choreographic work became recurring elements of Garcia’s professional involvement.

CHILD OF THE SUN

MAYTE’S SOLO ALBUM	1995
Garcia subsequently developed a recording career under the single name Mayte.	The album Child of the Sun was released in Europe in 1995 through NPG Records.

PRINCE AS PRODUCER

CREATIVE INVOLVEMENT	MAYTE AS RECORDING ARTIST
Prince was closely involved with Garcia’s recording project.	This expanded Garcia’s position from dancer and visual performer into a recording artist working within the wider NPG environment.

IF I LOVE U 2 NITE

SINGLE	CHILD OF THE SUN
“If I Love U 2 Nite” was released in connection with Child of the Sun.	The recording forms one of the principal releases from Garcia’s solo music career.

NPG RECORDS

THE LABEL	THE PRINCE CONNECTION CONTINUES
Child of the Sun appeared through NPG Records.	The release therefore remained directly connected with the wider creative organisation surrounding Prince.

NEW POWER GENERATION DANCE COMPANY

ARTISTIC DIRECTION	A BROADER CREATIVE ROLE
Garcia later became artistic director of the New Power Generation Dance Company.	The role demonstrates an expansion from performing choreography into directing and organising dance as a creative discipline.

BEHIND THE CAMERA

DIRECTING	ANOTHER CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Garcia’s work eventually extended into directing.	This continued a career increasingly encompassing multiple areas of dance, visual performance and production.

THE ONE

VIDEO DIRECTION	1998
Garcia directed the video for “The One”.	The project represents another stage of development from appearing within Prince-related videos to directing visual material.

A PLACE WITHIN THE PRINCE ARCHIVE

MORE THAN ONE ROLE	A SIGNIFICANT CREATIVE ASSOCIATION
Garcia’s association with Prince cannot be reduced simply to one performance or one recording.	Dance, choreography, music videos, live performance, recording and artistic direction all form parts of the documented creative relationship.

NOVEMBER 12 IN THE ARCHIVE

1973	A PRINCE-RELATED BIRTHDAY
November 12, 1973 marks the birth of Mayte Jannell Garcia.	For the Prince archive, the date provides the beginning of the chronology of a performer who would become closely associated with some of Prince’s most visually distinctive early-1990s work.

WHAT THE CHRONICLE DOCUMENTS

EARLY LIFE	PRINCE / NPG
November 12, 1973 Fort Rucker, Alabama Childhood dance Belly dancing Ballet Early television performance Life in Germany	Meeting Prince New Power Generation Diamonds and Pearls Tour Love Symbol 3 Chains o’ Gold “7” Child of the Sun NPG Records Dance and artistic direction

CONTEXT AND NOTES

BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT	ARCHIVAL SIGNIFICANCE
Mayte Jannell Garcia was born on November 12, 1973 at Fort Rucker, Alabama and developed a background in dance from childhood.	The birthday belongs in the Prince chronology because Garcia later became an important participant in Prince’s touring, visual and recording world, particularly during the early 1990s.
Garcia’s association with Prince developed from a dance-performance introduction in Germany and eventually led to work within the New Power Generation.	Dance provides the clearest thread linking Garcia’s childhood development with the professional role later established alongside Prince.
Love Symbol, 3 Chains o’ Gold, the Diamonds and Pearls Tour and Garcia’s own Child of the Sun album represent different aspects of the creative association.	Taken together, they demonstrate why Garcia should be documented as an artist and creative participant within the archive rather than simply as somebody adjacent to Prince’s personal history.

CONCLUSION

MAYTE GARCIA – NOVEMBER 12, 1973	FROM DANCE TO THE NEW POWER GENERATION
Born at Fort Rucker, Alabama on November 12, 1973, Mayte Garcia developed a life in dance long before entering Prince’s world. That foundation would eventually take Garcia from childhood performance and ballet into international touring with the New Power Generation.	Garcia’s subsequent role expanded considerably: dancer, visual performer, recording artist, choreographer and artistic director. For the Prince archive, November 12 therefore marks the birth of a performer who would become an important creative presence during one of the most visually ambitious periods of Prince’s career.

SOURCES / COPYRIGHT & ARCHIVAL USE

SOURCES

Prince Vault

Mayte Garcia biographical documentation

Contemporary Prince and New Power Generation documentation

NPG Records

Child of the Sun release documentation

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