--- title: Beyoncé Taught Jewel How to Dance for VH1 Divas Performance description: Folk singer Jewel says that a story about Beyoncé going the extra mile to help her learn the choreography for a 2003 performance was true. canonical: https://time.com/5021533/beyonce-jewel-throwback-dance-story/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-13T18:07:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:45.095Z og:title: This Story Proves Beyoncé's Always Been a 'Class Act' og:description: Queen B strikes again og:url: https://time.com/5021533/beyonce-jewel-throwback-dance-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89520a413e6b9f6/6988e59bab6d773c0a6b099a/beyonce-jewel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Beyonce-Jewel-Throwback-Story og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Story Proves Beyoncé's Always Been a 'Class Act' twitter:description: Queen B strikes again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89520a413e6b9f6/6988e59bab6d773c0a6b099a/beyonce-jewel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Beyoncé Throwback Story Proves She Has Always Been the Ultimate 'Class Act'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 13, 2017 6:07 PM UTC  Beyonce poses in the press room at the 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Beyonce poses in the press room at the 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 13, 2017 6:07 PM UTC If you somehow weren’t already convinced that [Beyoncé](http://time.com/5017225/eminem-beyonce-song/) is a literal [angel on Earth](http://time.com/4996072/beyonseance-beyonce-questions/) gracing us mere mortals with her [musical prowess](http://time.com/money/4361495/beyonce-lemonade-platinum-sales/), this newly confirmed throwback tale should serve as further evidence. After a story about Queen B going the extra mile to help Jewel learn the choreography for their early 2000s performance on _VH1 Divas Live_ began recirculating on Friday, the folk singer took to Twitter to confirm the anecdote was indeed factual. “Beyoncé is amazing. She stayed with [@jeweljk](https://twitter.com/jeweljk) three hours after rehearsal & taught her how to dance well for their _VH1 Divas_ performance,” a Bey fan page [wrote](https://twitter.com/BeyonceIndo/status/929161718860677120?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fbeyonc-helped-jewel-to-dance-for-a-performance) of the pair’s 2003 duet of Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.” “This is true…,” Jewel responded to the tweet. “She is a class act….” Jewel’s tweet has been liked nearly 13,000 times and retweeted over 3,500 since Sunday, proving there is a wide-reaching audience for acts of kindness à la Beyoncé. > [](https://twitter.com/BeyonceIndo/status/929161718860677120) > [](https://twitter.com/jeweljk/status/929594425872932864) Watch the full performance below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5021533/beyonce-jewel-throwback-dance-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5021533/beyonce-jewel-throwback-dance-story/"},"headline":"This Beyoncé Throwback Story Proves She Has Always Been the Ultimate 'Class Act'","datePublished":"2017-11-13T18:07:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:45.095Z","description":"Queen B strikes again","url":"https://time.com/5021533/beyonce-jewel-throwback-dance-story/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","viral","Beyonce","singers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89520a413e6b9f6/6988e59bab6d773c0a6b099a/beyonce-jewel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89520a413e6b9f6/6988e59bab6d773c0a6b099a/beyonce-jewel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beyonce-Jewel-Throwback-Story","caption":"Beyonce poses in the press room at the 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic","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/5021533/beyonce-jewel-throwback-dance-story/","name":"This Beyoncé Throwback Story Proves She Has Always Been the Ultimate 'Class Act'"}}]}] ```