--- title: Beyoncé Arranged a Surprise Proposal for Her Backup Dancer description: Beyoncé paused her performance of "Single Ladies" so backup dancer John Silver could put a ring on it by proposing to her dance captain canonical: https://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-11T19:46:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:24.656Z og:title: Beyoncé Arranges Surprise Proposal for Dance Captain Ashley Everett og:description: "Now let's see you do the choreography after that" og:url: https://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89f505267ad2b53/6988a57a428a9ed51bcd434a/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Beyonce og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Arranges Surprise Proposal for Dance Captain Ashley Everett twitter:description: "Now let's see you do the choreography after that" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89f505267ad2b53/6988a57a428a9ed51bcd434a/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Arranges Surprise Proposal for Dance Captain Ashley Everett During Concert > Sponsored content. 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Sep 11, 2016 7:46 PM UTC  Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 10, 2016 Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 10, 2016 Daniela Vesco—Invision/Parkwood Entertainment by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Sep 11, 2016 7:46 PM UTC Beyoncé paused her performance of “[Single Ladies](http://time.com/4415791/michelle-obama-carpool-karaoke-james-corden-late-late-show/)” during a show in St. Louis so backup dancer John Silver could put a ring on it by proposing to her dance captain Ashley Everett. “She’s my queen, so I feel like it’s only right to come out here in my hometown,” Silver said before getting down on one knee as the crowd screamed in excitement. Everett accepted the proposal, and received an immediate blessing from [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4479955/beyonce-soul-train-birthday-party/), who quickly scurried away to let the couple have their moment. “Now let’s see you do the choreography after that,” [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/) joked. Everett posted photos from the night on [Instagram](http://time.com/4474466/instagram-zoom/), writing, “Shocked is an understatement. I’m so overly excited for this new chapter in our lives and of course I can’t wait to be your WIFE!!!” Everett did not forget the choreography, and jumped right back into dancing to “Single Ladies.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Arranges Surprise Proposal for Dance Captain Ashley Everett During Concert","datePublished":"2016-09-11T19:46:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:24.656Z","description":"\"Now let's see you do the choreography after that\"","url":"https://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89f505267ad2b53/6988a57a428a9ed51bcd434a/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89f505267ad2b53/6988a57a428a9ed51bcd434a/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beyonce","caption":"Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 10, 2016","creditText":"Daniela Vesco—Invision/Parkwood Entertainment","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/","name":"Beyoncé Arranges Surprise Proposal for Dance Captain Ashley Everett During Concert"}}]}] ```