![]() ![]() That turned out to be an understatement, and soon after, Knight quit the marching band and joined a dance troupe, then started his own dance troupe and began performing all over the city at talent shows, celebrity basketball games, in local music videos and so on with one opportunity leading to another. One day a friend invited him along to a hip-hop dance class, thinking he might enjoy it, featuring top choreographers of the time Shane Sparks, Dave Scott and Brian Friedman. “The marching band became a place of me first being able to teach people dances, a large group of folks how to be organized and synchronized,” Knight says. ![]() Knight grew up in Atlanta and was introduced to dance after playing saxophone in his high school marching band, which is where he says he got his discipline - sitting in the sun for long hours, marching up and down the football field and the looming punishment of 50 pushups if he ever forgot his part. We worked really hard on that video and only hope that people were able to take things away from it that will last a generation or hopefully a lifetime.” “People were talking about the video from all angles: from learning the dance to ‘Was it a drag queen in the video?’ to ‘Is this really a one-take?’ to ‘Wow, she’s really dancing the whole time,’ you know? So it was super interesting that the focus on it was living up to all the hype. That’s a cool honor - Kanye got up to speak out for your video,” Knight says with a chuckle. “I was absolutely flattered by the intent of Kanye. ![]()
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