--- title: Woman Reacts When Dance Routine Turns Into a Proposal VIDEO description: Choreographer Phil Wright proposed to longtime girlfriend Ashley Liai while they were performing an epic dance routine. canonical: https://time.com/4861161/dance-routine-proposal/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-17T21:38:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:26.985Z og:title: Choreographer Proposes to Girlfriend While Dancing Together og:description: You've never seen a proposal like this before og:url: https://time.com/4861161/dance-routine-proposal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Choreographer Proposes to Girlfriend While Dancing Together twitter:description: You've never seen a proposal like this before twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Woman React When a Dance Routine Turns Into an Epic Proposal  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 17, 2017 9:38 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 17, 2017 9:38 PM UTC When it comes to [epic marriage proposals](http://time.com/4845989/starbucks-proposal-amsterdam/), a Los Angeles couple’s [dramatic dance routine](http://time.com/4721334/beyonce-dance-video/) may take the cake. Phil Wright, a choreographer and dancer, proposed to fellow dancer and [his longtime girlfriend of 8 years](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWeCN8iF-GG/?taken-by=ashleyliai), Ashley Liai while the pair were performing an elaborate dance routine together in front of a large crowd at Los Angeles’ Millennium Dance Complex. The couple sashayed perfectly in sync to the dulcet tones of[ John Legend](http://time.com/4476379/john-legend-activism-fatherhood-music/)‘s “You & I (Nobody In The World) until Wright stopped dancing to get on one knee and pop the question. As might be expected, the crowd lost it before Liai turned around and tearfully accepted Wright’s proposal. Watch the full dance routine, proposal, and Liai’s reaction below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4861161/dance-routine-proposal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4861161/dance-routine-proposal/"},"headline":"Watch This Woman React When a Dance Routine Turns Into an Epic Proposal","datePublished":"2017-07-17T21:38:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:26.985Z","description":"You've never seen a proposal like this before","url":"https://time.com/4861161/dance-routine-proposal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","relationships","dance"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4861161/dance-routine-proposal/","name":"Watch This Woman React When a Dance Routine Turns Into an Epic Proposal"}}]}] ```