Surprise visit: Beyonce poses with students at a school in Harlem, New York, today where she took part in Michelle Obama's Let's Move Initiative to fight childhood obesity
RnB superstar Beyonce got her grove on today as she joined a group of New York pupils for a dancing session.
The 29-year-old singer, who has shed weight in recent months, surprised students in Harlem as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative to fight childhood obesity.
Teenagers danced to Move Your Body, which the singer recorded for the initiative.
Hands in the air: The singer took part in the four-minute flash dance which was being held simultaneously across the country
Middle School students from around the country were participating in the four-minute flash dance routine simultaneously.
Meanwhile Mrs Obama took part in the dance at the Alice Deal Middle School in Washington.
Beyonce, who attended the Met Gala in New York last night in a stunning fishtail gown, posed with Chancellor of New York City Public Schools Dennis Walcott ahead of the dance.
She posed with Chancellor of New York City Public Schools Dennis Walcott ahead of the dance
Getting her grove on: Meanwhile First lady Michelle Obama got her dancing shoes on at the Alice Deal Middle School in Washington
Rumors circulated that Beyonce's dog, Munchie, had been abandoned at her music studio. It was reported that she had tired of the dog's behavior and left it in the studio's care.
PETA made inquiries about the allegations and concluded that the rumors were false.
"We've had an up and down relationship with the Dreamgirl over her past fur-wearing, but lately it's been on the ups, as she hasn't been seen in fur the past two winters. Today, we were happy to learn from Beyoncé's rep that—as we expected—the Munchie tale is far from the truth and that the dog hasn't even been to the record company's offices in months," PETA states on their website.
Read PETA's full statement and the response from Beyonce's representative on the website.
Beyonce is a scheduled performer at Tuesday's Presidential Inauguration for Barack Obama. PETA will most certainly be watching to see if Beyonce is wearing fur in the frigid D.C. temperatures.
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Prince William County music teacher Carol Mills, 52, is accustomed to singing in front of her 20 or so students during class at Rockledge Elementary School. And, on big occasions at her Alexandria church, Mills is part of a choir that presides over as many as 800 people.
Today, at the Lincoln Memorial, her audience and her act will get something of a massive makeover. Mills will be singing in front of hundreds of thousands of onlookers, perhaps more, at the opening ceremony of the inauguration of Barack Obama. Her colleagues onstage: Bruce Springsteen and Beyoncé.
Mills, in describing her emotions, did not resort to understatement. "This," she said in an interview last week, "may be the pinnacle of my entire existence."
Mills, a member of First Baptist Church of Alexandria, said the concert's producers tapped Joyce Garrett of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, a well-known choir director, to find backup singers to create the Inauguration Celebration Chorus. Mills, who will be singing with the altos, was asked to participate about two weeks ago, before she knew with which stars she'd be singing.
Last week, when she walked into rehearsal, she finally found out whom she'd be backing. "When I got to rehearsal that night, there were two pieces of music out. One was 'America the Beautiful,' and in small print it said, 'Beyoncé enters, and I said, 'Bingo!' " Mills said. "Then, I saw the other piece of music, 'The Rising,' and as a person who's been to many Bruce concerts, I knew that was his song. I was just beside myself with excitement."
After two highly successful albums, the former lead singer of Destiny's Child and R&B's favorite diva Beyoncé recently released her third album "I Am…Sasha Fierce." While her latest installment is actually a double album displaying two different personalities of the Queen B, it does not seem to measure up to her two previous works.
"I Am…Sasha Fierce" has a split personality, for lack of a better term. The "I Am" portion of the album set displays a softer side of Beyoncé while she makes a complete 180-degree turn and reveals her alter ego in "Sasha Fierce" in the second portion.
In an October article from Reuters, Beyoncé said that she created her new alter ego to protect her from who she really is. She goes on to say that Sasha Fierce is a more aggressive and glamorous side of her mixed in with sensuality that comes out when she's performing on stage.
Most of the songs from "I Am" have a down tempo acoustic pace to it like Beyoncé's first hit single "If I Were A Boy," which follows the footsteps of "Irreplaceable" from her second album "B'Day." "Halo" provides a more melodramatic sound that you would not normally hear from Beyoncé.
She also displays her wide range through her singing ability that never fails to impress. "Ave Maria" is more of a creative gentle drum track that resembles the original melody Ave Maria, one of the many instances where Beyoncé would go the distance by trying to do so much in one song, which sometimes works against her.
Overall, "I Am" unveils a rather vulnerable version of Beyoncé with tracks that are generally slow-paced and soothing, but nothing spectacular. There aren't too many catchy choruses and you may find yourself skipping some of the tracks due to loss of attention span.
In "Sasha Fierce," Beyoncé brings out her fun side with hard-hitting, attitude filled tracks, some of which are memorable and some disastrous. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" is Beyoncé's second hit single, an easy favorite for DJs to play at clubs and can get any crowd on their feet, especially the ladies.
Yes this is the same song that Justin Timberlake danced to as Beyoncé's back up dancer in a leotard and heels on Saturday Night Live. This is basically Beyoncé at her best. Watch exclusive Beyonce Diva Video here.
The video for 'Diva', one of Beyonce's two new singles, premiered a few hours ago. Directed by Melina, the video is both a hit and miss affair IMO. Raw, gritty and edgy, the clip really captures the essence of the song.
However, having seen Sasha step her game up on the choreography tip with 'Single Ladies' (and start a dance craze in the process), the choreography in this kinda left me a little salty. The word 'lacking' immediately came to mind when watching her bust moves which looked as if she made them up there and then.
Still, a good video all the same. The black and white concept was pushed a little further with the colour contrasts i.e. the fire explosion etc. Like most things Beyonce, I'm sure this one will be big - it's already taking off at radio.
Surprise visit: Beyonce poses with students at a school in Harlem, New York, today where she took part in Michelle Obama's Let's Move Initiative to fight childhood obesity
Hands in the air: The singer took part in the four-minute flash dance which was being held simultaneously across the country
She posed with Chancellor of New York City Public Schools Dennis Walcott ahead of the dance
