Nathaniel Hunt (Glen Burnie, MD) began his dance training at Glen Burnie High School under the direction of Dianne Rosso. From her encouragement, Nathaniel continued his studies at Design In Motion Dance Studio in Gambrills, MD under the guidance of Colette Cross, and Spotlight Studio of Dance in Millersville, MD, directed by Wynette McGovern. After his high school graduation, he furthered his artistic and educational studies graduating summa cum laude with a B.F.A. in Dance from Long Island University, Brooklyn under the direction of Dana Hash-Campbell. Nathaniel is a recipient of the Maryland Distinguished Scholar of the Arts Award, the Alvin Ailey Scholarship Award, and the Award for Excellence in the Arts Program from the National Society of Arts and Letters (in association with The Kennedy Center). ​

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          Nathaniel studied as a scholarship student at the Ailey School, Earl Mosley’s Institute for the Arts, and the Joffrey Ballet School. He also attended The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s 360˚ Program. He has worked and performed works by Ronald K. Brown, Alexandra Damiani, Manuel Vignoulle, Larry Keigwin, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa among many others. He has performed professionally with Adaptations Dance Theater, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, Maria Bauman's MBDance, and has been a rehearsal director/assistant for Hope Boykin Dance. He was a member of Ailey II, the second company to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ballet Hispanico, the nation’s first and longest Latino dance organization. He has toured both domestically and internationally during his time with Ailey II and Ballet Hispanico sharing dance with diverse and underexposed communities.​