You have not seen this version of "Single Ladies"
December 29, 2008 10:55 PM Subscribe
You have not seen this amazing male version (professional dancers, on stage) of Beyonce's "Single Ladies"
Sorry about SLYT, but I thought this was too good to miss!
Sorry about SLYT, but I thought this was too good to miss!
This post was deleted for the following reason: this is pretty much the same as last month's version though thank you, I can never get enough rump-shaking personally. -- jessamyn
This post on the same subject was not only better but also timely. If you see a new version of someone doing the evolution of dance, let me know.
posted by allen.spaulding at 11:10 PM on December 29, 2008
posted by allen.spaulding at 11:10 PM on December 29, 2008
I'm ready for a these guys starring in a Beyoncified redux of O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
posted by peeedro at 11:31 PM on December 29, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by peeedro at 11:31 PM on December 29, 2008 [5 favorites]
Hell, I haven't even seen the original! What's all this then?
posted by not_on_display at 12:05 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 12:05 AM on December 30, 2008
Metafilter: You should've put a ring on it.
posted by dhammond at 12:31 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by dhammond at 12:31 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
A three-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath.
"Mum" he asked, "are these my brains?"
"Not yet" she replied.
posted by netbros at 1:15 AM on December 30, 2008 [3 favorites]
"Mum" he asked, "are these my brains?"
"Not yet" she replied.
posted by netbros at 1:15 AM on December 30, 2008 [3 favorites]
Those guys are much better dancers than the ones in the original Beyonce video. Nattily dressed, too.
posted by benzenedream at 1:18 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by benzenedream at 1:18 AM on December 30, 2008
Man, this (the video and its homages) is the only thing I ever saw that made me wonder if perhaps the song was written around the choreography, because that is some fierce, expressive, pop, bodyworm choreography. The fusioniest choreography I ever saw.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 AM on December 30, 2008
I decided to actually check into that, Ambrosia.
It doesn't appear to be the case, but what is definite is that Beyonce's "regular" choreographer brought in this 19 year old (!) superstar choreographer, Jaquel Knight (of which there is quite a bit of information about), to choreograph this song.
Of deeper interest, to me, is that this whole performance is a nod to a type of dance popular in gay clubs called "J-Setting". Doing a google search on this term drops thousands of hits; I thought that this youtube video (including the fun remix of Sanford and Son in the music) captures it, and shows a pretty direct lineage.
By the way, the first link I mentioned, a New York Times article, is really informative about how much choreography influences and informs the image of a range of pop stars.
posted by jscott at 2:56 AM on December 30, 2008 [9 favorites]
It doesn't appear to be the case, but what is definite is that Beyonce's "regular" choreographer brought in this 19 year old (!) superstar choreographer, Jaquel Knight (of which there is quite a bit of information about), to choreograph this song.
Of deeper interest, to me, is that this whole performance is a nod to a type of dance popular in gay clubs called "J-Setting". Doing a google search on this term drops thousands of hits; I thought that this youtube video (including the fun remix of Sanford and Son in the music) captures it, and shows a pretty direct lineage.
By the way, the first link I mentioned, a New York Times article, is really informative about how much choreography influences and informs the image of a range of pop stars.
posted by jscott at 2:56 AM on December 30, 2008 [9 favorites]
These are cast members from the Color Purple apparently. I prefer them to the original. Their lines are a bit cleaner.
And also, the choreographer is 19 years old?!? I'll be over here having my mid-life crisis.
posted by typewriter at 4:45 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
And also, the choreographer is 19 years old?!? I'll be over here having my mid-life crisis.
posted by typewriter at 4:45 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
Hi Hi, Hello.
First, this is both spiffy and spoofy. Nice, clean lines that are consistent between the three dancers. A few moments of ragged sync-ing, tho, but this is a tough routine to nail spot on.
Second, jscott, it's probably worth pointing out that J-Setting is especially popular in black gay clubs and its most proficient practitioners are primarily young gay black men. This isn't to make an essentialist argument about blacks and dance proficiency—or gay men, for that matter—(although I imagine a non-essentialist argument could be made), but rather to better understand what Beyoncé was up to when she chose (or approved) this type of choreography to flesh-out this single from this peculiar double-album, developing her particular view of femininity.
Third, having said that, it might be interesting to compare this with Madonna's much more overt use of vogueing in the music video for her single, Vogue. The situations are quite different, but there's enough similarity to be interesting.
posted by LMGM at 5:25 AM on December 30, 2008 [4 favorites]
First, this is both spiffy and spoofy. Nice, clean lines that are consistent between the three dancers. A few moments of ragged sync-ing, tho, but this is a tough routine to nail spot on.
Second, jscott, it's probably worth pointing out that J-Setting is especially popular in black gay clubs and its most proficient practitioners are primarily young gay black men. This isn't to make an essentialist argument about blacks and dance proficiency—or gay men, for that matter—(although I imagine a non-essentialist argument could be made), but rather to better understand what Beyoncé was up to when she chose (or approved) this type of choreography to flesh-out this single from this peculiar double-album, developing her particular view of femininity.
Third, having said that, it might be interesting to compare this with Madonna's much more overt use of vogueing in the music video for her single, Vogue. The situations are quite different, but there's enough similarity to be interesting.
posted by LMGM at 5:25 AM on December 30, 2008 [4 favorites]
Don't miss the best Japanese version of Beyonce, as well as Beyonce's reaction.
posted by zardoz at 5:32 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by zardoz at 5:32 AM on December 30, 2008
Effing amazing.
posted by Rudy Gerner at 6:31 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by Rudy Gerner at 6:31 AM on December 30, 2008
Beyonce and co. have a leg up (no pun intended) on these guys for doing it in high heels.
posted by kitty teeth at 6:53 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by kitty teeth at 6:53 AM on December 30, 2008
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