He learned to move by watching TLC and MC Hammer videos, and started taking classes at 14. That wasn’t the plan, though: Knight, who grew up in Atlanta, hoped to become a professional dancer. I guess I played my cards right.” Now, nearly 10 years later, Knight is one of the most sought-after choreographers in L.A. “I knew it was my one big chance-’Don’t screw it up,’ I kept telling myself. “I went into that hoping it could be the gig of a lifetime,” Knight says. The video was “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” and the co-choreographer was 19-year-old Knight, along with Frank Gatson Jr. The women, of course, were Ashley Everett and Ebony Williams-and Beyoncé. That’s how long three leotard-and-high-heel-clad women spent on-screen, strutting in perfect unison and becoming an instant video sensation, one that would go on to garner more than 600 million views on YouTube. For JaQuel Knight, it took precisely three minutes and 18 seconds. They say your life can change in a moment.
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