Bootylicious, Israeli style
The next time you watch Beyonce, better check out her dance moves twice. You may find an Israeli step or two, thanks to choreographer Kobi Rosenfeld.
According to Ynet, the Israeli toe tapper has been tapped to choreograph Mrs, Jay Z in her new video for the song “Scared of Lonely.”
Rosenfeld, who is the assistant to Andrea Fuentes – one of Britney Spears’ backup dancers – was tapped to work with Beyonce during the “Carnival,” which is a music industry choreography talent contest.
His performance caught the eye of Beyonce’s people, who asked him to come up with a presentation suitable for her new release. Once the routine was green-lighted, Rosenfeld went on to teach it to her seven backup dancers.
Rosenfeld was born in Rehovot and has been dancing and choreographing all his life. He performed in local Israeli productions of Fun Tazi, Caberet, Peter Pan and K’Mo Be Seret., and has choreographed the Israeli version of Little Mermaid. Rosenfeld has won contests in choreography at the International Carmiel Dance Festival and the Israeli Jazz Contest in Haifa, and choreographed thesteps for the videos and tours of singers Roni Superstar, Mali Levi and Shiri Maimon.
Since trying his luck in the US, he’s choreographed 11 pieces for the California-based Keshet Chaim dance troupe and has been teaching dance. But with Beyonce kicking heels on his side, it’s likely that Rosenfeld won’t have to be teaching classes any more. I wonder, though, if she’ll be dancing from right to left.
This pretty much means she doing another Video Anthology for this era