Bey Basics!
Beyoncé’s full name
What is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter?
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, a black dancer achieved world fame through the clean and clear percussive rhythms of his feet that we now call ___
What is tap?
Vogue originated in this NYC neighborhood’s ballroom scene.
What is Harlem?
Beyoncé uses this hybrid of hip-hop and jazz dance in her sets.
What is jazz-funk?
Although jazz-funk borrows from hip-hop dance, it is not considered a style of hip-hop because the foundational movements are jazz!
The dance style, Jerkin', was popularized in 2009 by this New Boyz's rap song that went viral on their MySpace page.
What is "You're a Jerk"?
Visual album released in 2013 that revolutionized surprise album drops.
What is Beyoncé?
Early jazz dances were often performed in this type of community setting before theater and commercial stages.
What are social halls, or clubs?
Most of the New York-based houses of the time appeared in this 1990 documentary film
What is "Paris Is Burning"?
Before Beyoncé released her self-titled album digitally on a Friday unnannounced, which day of the week would artists historically release their albums?
Tuesday - the Billboard charts used to come out on Wednesdays.
Her unexpected release also caused iTunes to crash
The name for this faith-based art form comes from the lyrics of a 1990 song "Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise".
What is krump/krumping?
This 2016 visual album explored themes of Black womanhood, resilience, and Southern traditions.
What is Lemonade?
The “Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance”, Jack Cole, was influenced by this Asian dance style through the precise isolations of the head, arms and fingers, in addition to the swift changes of direction.
What is Bharatanatyam?
Bharatanatyam, along with ballet and modern dance, formed the basis of his unique jazz technique and choreography!
Waacking emerged in this city's 1970s queer club scene.
What is Los Angeles?
Beyonce owns about 80,000 of these animals
What are bees?
Bey keeps around 80,000 bees and uses the honey for her family's allergies.
What does the acronym Turfing stand for? Created in 2002 by Jeriel Bey in Oakland, California, turfing is a fusion of miming and gliding that places heavy emphasis on storytelling and illusion.
What is Taking Up Room on the Floor?
Destiny's Child's manager
Who is Mathew Knowles (Beyonce's father)?
In 1923, this dance was the first to use body isolations in a social dance, and the hand clapping and foot stamping that it incorporated were a direct link to the dance’s African origin.
What is the Charleston?
Old Way vogue takes inspiration from this ancient population's alphabet.
What are Egyptian hieroglyphs?
What is the only other female R&B singer to have won Best Album at the Grammy Awards?
Lauryn Hill with 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' in 1999
The three main elements of House dance include "_____", "footwork", and "lofting".
What is jacking?
She was asked to play the lead in this movie, which Lady Gaga eventually starred in.
What is "A Star Is Born" (2018)?
Motown music, originating in the 1960s, aimed at capturing the sound of young America was a blend of these 4 music genres
(3/4 gets a pass)
What are soul, R&B, gospel, and vocal jazz?
In 2024, this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was reimagined off-Broadway at the Perelman Performing Arts Center as _____: The Jellicle Ball, taking several pages from Ball culture.
What is Cats?
Junior LaBeija, the emcee featured in Paris is Burning, portrays Gus.
(the Royal House of LaBeija was the first house of Ballroom founded by Crystal LaBeija and Lottie LaBeija in 1968)
She received this award in 2014 honoring her impact on music videos.
What is the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award?
This commonly incorporated move in the social dance Litefeet became a meme after an early internet viral trend.
What is the Harlem shake?