Ep. 5: Mastering Life’s Daily Performance with Alton Fitzgerald White

Alton Fitzgerald White is a magnificent musician and author among other traits. In this conversation, Alton and Quanita talk about how to master life's daily performance with an emphasis on commitment and recommitment to areas in which one desires growth. Balancing the yin and yang, the commitment is stabilized with self compassion and rest. Other topics of discourse include how the right communities can influence your mindset and fertilize your growth; shifting narratives of traits that one may have been teased for into gifts and talents. The spirituality all around us exploring the places and things an individual might lean into to recharge. Inviting us to ask that question for ourself. The divine as an advocate for joy and growth and a being big enough to meet us all as the individuals we are.

 

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Ted Talk: Alton Fitzgerald White: Redefining Service to Dream the Impossible Dream

 

Bio:

After completing a record-breaking 4,308 performances as King Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway, has added Author and in-demand Keynote Speaker to his growing list of titles. Both his book and the audiobook of My Pride: Mastering The Challenge Of Daily Performance, an inspirational biography filled with secrets to fulfillment and joy in work and life published by Disney Editions, have been nominated for several major national book awards. Other Broadway starring roles include Mister in The Color Purple, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime, Ken in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, John in Miss Saigonand The Hawker in The Who’s Tommy. He made his West End debut as Ken in Smokey Joe’s Cafe in London. Alton has performed concert dates all over the world including engagements with THE BBC ORCHESTRA at London’s legendary ROYAL ALBERT HALL, CARNEGIE HALL, THE BOSTON POPS, TANGLEWOOD, TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM, THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY, WOLFTRAP and THE CINCINNATI POPS to name a few. Some of those dates included music from his best-selling CD, Disney My Way!, full of re-imagined Disney on Broadway classics. Alton has appeared on the big screen opposite Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Marcia Gay Harden and alongside Oscar nominee Sam Elliott. He was also featured in The Pulitzer Prize winning and Emmy Award Winning RENT LIVE which was performed on FOX television. Alton’s resume includes Guest Star roles on the hit TV series LAW AND ORDER, THE BLACKLIST, THE GOOD FIGHT, LAW AND ORDER-S.V.U., MADAM SECRETARY, ELEMENTARY, MIND HUNTER, CODE BLACK, FBI and a recurring role on BULL as Judge Tahani. He is featured in the latest season of DEXTER and has featured roles in the upcoming LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and POWERBOOK:GHOST for SHOWTIME and DEAR EDWARD for APPLE TV. He will also be seen in the long-awaited 2023 Summer Blockbuster INDIANA JONES 5. Alton has written for several major magazines including a cover story about his detailed experience with racial profiling for THE NATION MAGAZINE titled "RAGTIME MY TIME" that has since appeared in publications all over the world and in dozens of college textbooks where the article is studied for its content and structure. Alton’s popular TEDx Talk-Redefining Service To Dream The Impossible Dream can be found here. https://vimeo.com/217567459