What It's Like Working With Beyoncé, According To Her Choreographer
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2018
- JaQuel Knight has been doing choreography for Beyoncé for years. Knight landed his breakthrough gig at 18 years old for Beyoncé's iconic video "Single Ladies". His most recent collaboration with her at Coachella left people speechless. We spoke with Knight about how he got into dancing and what it's like working with Beyoncé.
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Following is a transcript of the video:
Emmanuel Ocbazghi: JaQuel Knight is the creative mind many of Beyoncé's iconic performances. He's worked with her for years and he's been dancing his entire life.
Knight: I remember dancing in my grandmother's living room at the age of four and five, copying the things I saw on TV. As I got older I remember copying all the major iconic MTV award shows, performances, Soul Train performances. And then when I was 16 I started my own dance group with my best friend in Atlanta and that was kind of the first serious step towards choreography and creative direction.
Ocbazghi: At just 18, JaQuel landed a gig choreographing one of the best videos of all time...."Single Ladies."
Knight: Frank Gatson Junior, who was choreographer and creative director for Beyoncé and Destiny's Child for, you know, ages. He was actually working on Michelle Williams' debut project. In the process of that he was like, "Wow, you know how to teach, you know how to deal with people, you lead really well, you know, how about you come on board and help choreograph the video with us." And the next week he was like, "Can you come choreograph the entire promo tour?" And then a few months went by, he called and was like, "Yo, I have this Beyoncé record, can you fly to New York tonight?" I was like, "Yo, I just got the call! Going to New York tonight! Yoncé!" Got to New York, the record was Single Ladies. Once getting in the space with her, starting to dance with her, and see how she thinks and move through the project and how she sees things in her head, I was completely blown away.
Ocbazghi: Ten years later, JaQuel and Beyoncé teamed up for yet another iconic performance. They incorporated homecoming moves made popular by Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Knight: You know, that was a thing that Beyoncé kinda woke up with one day and was like, "Yo, let's do this homecoming experience." The research behind it, we went back and watched football games. You watch homecomings, so many probates. We watched fraternities in the club, we watched sororities. We watched a load of just black college experiences and then kind of got in the mindset of creating the right energy. I wish I could count the hours that went into it but we worked for like five to six months on it.
Working with B during the rehearsal process is like, it's kind of a out of body experience. People don't understand the amount of effort. Her work ethic is out of this world. And it's never just one thing. When we're creating choreography it's okay boom, where's wardrobe at? Bring them in so they can see what the choreography is. Okay, boom. Where are we on the stage? Let's make sure lighting knows how to light this. Boom, where are the cameras? Okay let's look at this camera and then do this. We're always thinking of every single piece of the puzzle. So just to see that her mind understands every part of putting a show together and she remembers and she knows all of her marks and she knows all of her lyrics and how she's gonna sing everything. She's really in there getting it, asking questions. You doing it a hundred times. So we spend a lot of time in the dance studio making sure that these things come off feeling like nothing.
wow, this man needs more recognition 🙌🏼
He just got and Beyonce has used him multiple times.
dude hits those beats hard.
This man is a legend
Maryam Tina sure is
His thought process is awesome. His mindset is right in taking inspirations from different choreography from the past which makes the dance inclusive so that everyone can dance with the routine too.
Beyonce is such a beautiful intelligent and well mannered women.
*18 YEARS OLD?!* All 2018 graduates, this is where everybody just collectively becomes depressed😂
I’m already too depressed😂🤦🏾♀️
Only compare you to you. Keep your heads up, lovlies.
Ruth Mekuria Why? You don't know his life path and hidden stuff behind glitter. Love yourselves and you'll achieve more than you think
Ruth Mekuria the class of 2008 is the best ! Lol
Erika McQueen Yeap 💫💫 OBAMA 08, we started all this progressive change seen throughout in the world/culture today, although there’s a currently slow this to shall pass🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙏🏿
The magic behind the legend
AnimalsAndReports LEGEND? lmao. 😂 She's iconic YES. LEGEND? lololololol
The Serial Be quiet hater.
L-E-G-E-N-D
She's a living legend.
And anyway, I don't really understand the arguenent between icon and legend.
OSKARTGROUCH lmfaooo I love Beyoncé but that made me laugh
They’re both incredible
Isaiah Mitchell Your profile picture is triggering me so hard
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Your p.p got me thinking my screen was cracked 😒
I thought my screen was dirty because of your profile pic 😑💔
She‘s so underrated. She works so hard, she‘s so talented and she always re-invents herself. Her energy on stage is phenomenal. People who try to downplay her are just losers.
Gramos d- did you just say beyonce is underrated
Herena Odessy RIGHT
Underarated what do u mean who doesn't know Beyonce
Suzzy Igharo no He means like she doesn't her credit where it is due.Like Grammys for her Lemonade masterpiece
Herena Odessy she said wtf she said. 💅🏼
People will see that Beyoncé can do it all but they still be telling me she overrated. Smh.
they jealous af
@@blameitoncapitalism fr
Hating asses
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For letting us to know this
#Choreographer
I am so happy you did this video because Diana Williams Of BRING IT Recently said and one of her introductions to an award she received that SHE was the influence of Beyoncé Coachella performance. Everybody always Trying to get recognition. So kudos to you for this video
Khalid is that you?
CALLMELINA Lmaoo I knooo
I thought I was alone.
Lmaooooo 😂😂😂
Omg that’s crazy cuz I thought the same 😂😂😂
i clicked on this like :o khalid worked with bey? lol couldst see the full title and the thumbnail tricked meh
Hey JaQuel!!!! He's one of the best and brightest young choreographers today!!!
Thank you for posting and Mr Knight, you are a truly inspiration!
She pops out TWINS!! And shes rite back to working and touring!!
Who else does that?!?!
She gotta keep fit i guess😊
God bless you brother! You are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
HE IS A GENIUS
Taty wangari agreed!
This bruh is super talented . Love his choreography.
I am free from anxiety and panic attacks without medication. It feels amazing!! ☺☺
Wow, he was the same age as Ashley (Bey's dancer) in Single Ladies
Hard work + talent = 🔥
Awesome 👏🏻
Her dances from Coachella are from 2009 too. I hope he's rolling in dough just by him working with her others are going to want him too.
Black youth!!you idolize these celebrities but really YOU inspire THEM! They watch you for what’s hot and then regurgitate it. Don’t “bow down” to no one but God. Your voice is so powerful, please use it wisely.
When you are an incredible talent with great communication and people skills, you attract the same.
The man behind Beychella👏🏾✨.
You are so awesome! Amazing choreographer
Whitty Hutton *Your profile of Lady Steve and Baby Steve Harvey is HILARIOUS!!!*
What words can you say, behind talent their is talent! 18 years old! HONEY YASS!
Damn this content is just amazing ❤️
Thought it was Khalid for a sec
Woow... Bless your soul
So awesome
My drama teacher told me she was Beyonce and her sisters dance teacher when they were kids, apparently they were angels lol.
i got here _5 MINUITS_ after it was made!!!
Animal Chaos t'es français?
I got here 5 days.. so I’m the winner
Magic man.
Happy for him hard work pays off
Shoutout to Clark Atlanta ! ❤️
How the hell did she learn the Coachella choreography with 3 kids at home
Laura Rukop she's got 6 individual nannies 2 for each child who work in shifts... day and night, plus private chef, housekeeper, etc u get it... so she can concentrate on her performance
Money
She’s a billionaire collectively so there’s that😒😒
Key words "at home". The kids are at home, and she goes to work all day, her job just happens to be being Beyonce. lol.
Nannies !!
Why’s he recently just popped up?
Possessed he hasn’t you just recently finding out about him lol
Not everyone needs a camera in their face. He had Beyonce' a private person, when ypur creating content.. YOU stay tight lipped. He had Beyonce, enough said.
Possessed I was thinking the same thing. I think its because Beyonce likes to have credit for everything she does.
kokolatte825 you know Beyoncé all through out her career has been sued time and time again for not giving credit to other artists
I really thought Frank Gaston did single ladies. So this was finally a video where I learned something new about the team.
Beyonce, the perfectionist
He dances so good 😫😫😫
Loveeee her
Hope I meet the QUEEN one day soon 🙏🏽 I will her I'm MANIFESTING it!
you go it's nothing wrong with choreography thsts making a career that's successful
I really want him to do a video/tutorial for Everybody Mad. I can do it I just wanna see the originator do it
You are inspirational.
Love it
I love you Sir.
You gave 👑🐝 her best choreography in my 👀
Omfg liiiitttt
He had me at "out of body experience"
You people who never get on a stage will always take simple things out of terms! Getting on a stage having people scream for you is a different feeling from football to cheerleading acting etc
good video
Can you guys please do a video on Studio C. They are a HILARIOUS comedy group 😆😆😆
Seriously... you need to do a video on them
THE BEST !!!
SO COOL!!!
He makes his moves look cool on a woman ... thats commendable!
He fine asf 👀👀
Wow what a great man
I wanna meet the *Queen*
Soul train funk moves brought me up too lol
Yes king ! Slayyyy
Why theres a clip that kanye west is in!?
Damn He is so fine 😍😍
To dance with him would be an honor.
This man is a genius
Black magic 👑🙏❤
Wow..did I just hear them say 10 years later?....so after single ladies, it took him 10 years to get another gig with the Queen....lol....I hope Beyonce is paying these dancers VERY WELL because she owes them half of her career.
Ghana Mafia no they were just referencing coachella cos that was most recent. You can see there was footage of him with beyonce at the Formation World Tour and he would have done the I Am World Tour as well. I am sure you could google all of what he has done. Altho Beyonce works with many choreographers but she has had some of the same dancers on most things for more than a decade. She seems to keep a very loyal group of dancers, band, back up signers and staff but also gives new people a chance too.
Ghana Mafia duh. Dumbass
Ghana Mafia I thought they worded that weird as well.
kokolatte825 yep....that's what I heard too....
Ghana Mafia ammmm no......he's been working with her since 2008.........he's choreographed everything for her from then alongside Beyoncé's other choreographer Chris Grant........ the only thing he didn't choreograph is Run the world and all the videos from that ERA..... but he's been there for all her tours, videos and Superbowl Performances....... and yes Beyoncé pays well just like every other A-list performer that's why she's had the same dancers for years....her dance Captain has.. been with Bey for 11 years......
Also she doesn't owe anyone half of anything of hers.....
Beyoncé must have a really high IQ! Nobody with an average IQ can do all this!
I love how he's able to dance so femininely
dumpster yeah true hey 😍
dumpster n why do u love that this MAN dances so femininely? Why does this bring you joy?
ThatSounds AboutRight because you rarely see male choreographers choreographing dances for girls. Even if they do, they tend to make it a more manly dance. They refuse to do a feminine dance because their masculinity is so fragile like a butterfly.
This just means that he's very professional.
@@thatsoundsaboutright7483 because every man and women has a feminine and masculine side. It’s called duality and balance. Nature and everything has balance which is light and darknesses and masculine and feminine
@@Iconicnotcon I just bought a dress today, hopes my wife likes it. We trading places tonight y'all 🤪
Hot.
I was expecting some tea...
Man is a ledgend
Gawd, I wish I would have went to a HBCU.
All my single ladies 😏😏✋✋
Miss B put ur handz *up*
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
His better than frank i mean coachella was insane!!!
Ahaa!!
boom! 😍
Beyonce is so major it's ridiculous
I didnt know Khalid choreographs Beyonce holy fck.
the legend behind the legend.
2:30 is when he starts talking about her
Beyoncé work with organic people
Super KOOL
Glad he took inspirational from Britney Spears mtv performances!
Got here as fast as I could....
Typed the comment....
Didn't even skip the ad....
But....I was...
I.... was..... not.....
FIRST 😢😢😔
Please help he get out of I.C.U. by replying or liking....
R.I.P me... please don't rip me
Really. .. how did you type this? Zombie boy/girl/trans
R.I.P.
he can dance better than me tbh
Amelia Chi 😂
Smh I should shut my thirsty ass, but damn I could get into that one 🤭😍😍
Heyyyy
dam.
AAMU!!!
Dahm boiii
Hi insider notice me
damn im early for once
He needs to give her new moves
Kendria Vaughan yeah it’s all very similar
Ok but he's also super hot *melts*
You don’t Beyon *CEY*
👏👏👏👏👏
xx
plot twist beyonce is the man and woman behind all her iconic dances
Oh he still works for her?
Come back when ur not, n then we will talk.
I feel like Beyonce is a born performer not necessarily a born creator, more of a performer than an artist in my opinion
no hate I love her and performing is a talent which many people struggle at and it is something she is extremely like extremely talented at so I'm not belittling her work at all, its just a thought
true
Beyonce is A star vocalist