We also discussed how the “APESHIT” dancers channel mythological goddesses and why he gave the nod to dance legend Martha Graham. Knight landed his breakthrough gig at 18 years old for Beyonc's iconic video 'Single Ladies'. “It’s a very familiar space for me,” he told me this week over the phone. JaQuel Knight has been doing choreography for Beyonc for years. For the Antwerp-born artist, being brought on for a shoot at the Louvre felt like an obvious fit. Cherkaoui was later asked to give feedback on Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s On the Run II tour routines, which quickly turned into an invitation to co-choreograph the “APESHIT” video. Right now, his main project is choreographing Jagged Little Pill, the new Alanis Morissette musical.Ĭherkaoui first worked with Beyoncé and her lead choreographers, Chris Grant and JaQuel Knight, for her stunning performance at the 2017 Grammys, the nine-minute Lemonade medley in which she famously levitates in a chair while pregnant. He mainly occupies the fine-arts realm, but he does have experience choreographing music videos for the likes of Sigur Rós and folk-pop singer-songwriter Woodkid.

Throughout his vast amounts of work, Cherkaoui has experimented with various styles of contemporary dance, hip-hop motifs, martial arts, and even spoken word. Helping to bring these multifaceted moves to life was Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, a 42-year-old dancer and choreographer of Flemish and Moroccan descent.

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