{"id":26737,"date":"2022-03-28T05:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T05:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=26737"},"modified":"2022-03-28T05:39:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T05:39:48","slug":"oscars-beyonce-delivers-stunning-opening-performance-from-compton-tennis-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=26737","title":{"rendered":"Oscars: Beyonce Delivers Stunning Opening Performance From Compton Tennis Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nBeyonc\u00e9 opened the 2022 Oscars with a satellite performance from the tennis courts of Compton, California. She was joined by a full entourage of dancers in pale green gowns to match her own feathery ensemble and the green surfaces of the tennis courts, like the ones where the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, played growing up. <\/p>\n

Live from the Dolby Theatre, the iconic tennis stars introduced Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s performance, and are two of the real-life subjects depicted in the film for which the singer is nominated: King Richard. She wrote the song \u201cBe Alive\u201d with Dixson, and received the first Oscar nomination of her career for the project, though she\u2019s performed at the Academy Awards three times before: in 2005, she sang three of the nominated songs \u2014 \u201cLearn to Be Lonely\u201d from The Phantom of the Opera, \u201cBelieve\u201d from The Polar Express and \u201cVois sur ton Chemin (Look to Your Path)\u201d from The Chorus. In 2007, she sang three of the nominated songs from Dreamgirls, which she starred in alongside Jennifer Hudson. She was joined by co-star, and Oscar winner, Hudson to sing \u201cLove You I Do\u201d and \u201cListen,\u201d and fellow castmembers Anika Noni Rose and Keith Robinson for \u201cPatience.\u201d Then, in 2009, she joined host Hugh Jackman for a medley tribute to different movie songs and was accompanied by Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper and the USC Trojan Marching Band.<\/p>\n

For tonight\u2019s performance at the Compton courts, a full, equally viridescent orchestra accompanied Beyonc\u00e9 as she belted the track, which set an exciting, thunderous tone for the show to come. Footage of young black women, one of them astride a black stallion, walking through the streets of Compton preceded the performance. The \u201cBe Alive\u201d performance included intricate choreography, a powerful shout-out to Compton and unparalleled glamour.<\/p>\n

In addition to best song, King Richard was nominated in the best picture, best supporting actress for Aunjanue Ellis, best actor for Will Smith, best original screenplay and best editing categories.<\/p>\n

In original song, Beyonc\u00e9 and Dixson are up against Billie Eilish and Finneas O\u2019Connell for the title track on No Time to Die, Lin-Manuel Miranda for \u201cDos Oruguitas\u201d from Encanto, Diane Warren for \u201cSomehow You Do\u201d from Four Good Days and Van Morrison for \u201cDown to Joy\u201d from Belfast. All of the other nominated tracks are expected to be performed as well, aside from the Belfast track, with Morrison not able to appear due to touring conflicts.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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