Episode 2: Nathaniel Waithe - Founder of Ultimate Dancer

IG: @natewaithe @ultimatedancerlife

My life has always consisted of three things for as long as I had the awareness.  A love of God, love of family and a love and appreciation of art in all of it forms.  I was an obsessive reader from childhood, trying to complete every book I started the same day.  I love music, despite having a horrible singing voice, I love to dance and have a healthy curiosity about the world and people of different cultures.  It is also apparent that my children also share my love of family, a creative vein and hopefully the love and reverence of God.

For several years after graduating from Rutgers University in 1990, I promoted numerous reggae dances, concerts and even a few fashion shows.  I entered the Atlanta Competitive Street Dance scene as a promoter to help that dance community in which my son Christian aka Hermiz was very involved in.  I expected to have a few events and we exceed that expectation by having 16 events over the eight-year period of 2013 – 2021.

I know Nathaniel and Christian inherited some of my love for the arts, specifically music and dance.  Although both Nathaniel and Christian would dance at a higher level than I ever did.  Christian, who entered dancing to be like his big brother would become the best dancer of us.  Over the years it has been fulfilling sharing their creative aspiration and encouraging them.

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