--- 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=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 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=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Beyoncé Throwback Story Proves She Has Always Been the Ultimate 'Class Act' > Sponsored content. 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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'"}}]}] ```