Stop The Presses!

Video: Beyonce Surprises Middle-School Gym Class

By | Stop The Presses! – Thu, May 5, 2011 12:08 PM EDT

Beyoncé: Pop diva, movie star, and now: gym teacher.

The performer surprised a squealing class of middle-school students at PS 161: Pedro Albizu Campos middle school in Harlem. The students were in the gymnasium, dancing to a choreographed routine to a remix of her hit, "Get Me Bodied."

The singer, wearing sky-high heels, skinny white jeans, and a "Let's Move!" top, joined 85 starstruck students to dance up a storm to the song she adapted for the workout, called "Move Your Body." Despite the appearance of the music icon, the kids kept their cool and kept on dancing -- and Beyoncé barely stole the show from these talented dancers-in-training.

 

Exclusive video provided by WAT-AAH!, which sponsored Beyonce's "Move Your Body" event.

 

Middle schools across the country participated in the "dance-in" -- all part of first lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign Let's Move!. And let's just say, with those moves, Beyoncé is on board.

The school kids, who had the routine down, certainly got a kick out the star's high kicks. One seventh grader told CBS News, "It was amazing. Beyoncé came out of nowhere and started dancing with us. That made me so happy."

Michelle Obama also surprised students and showed off her "Dougie" in a D.C. area public school celebrating the day of fitness.

But the video of Beyoncé and her middle-school back-up dancers is what moved the Web, with almost 600,000 views. Searches on Yahoo! have boogied up the charts with lookups on "beyonce move your body video," "beyonce lets move," and "beyonce move your body." Gym class never looked so good.

News for You

  • The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

    NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.

  • Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him'

    CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a skyscraper-condo sale told jurors Monday she had qualms about suing the real estate mogul and TV celebrity. But, she quickly added, "Somebody had to stand up to him."

  • Disney-owned ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs: source

    By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts said. The job cuts, comprising 4 to 6 percent of ESPN's staff of 7,000, include open positions that will not be filled, said the source, who asked not to be named because the information is not public. But ESPN will continue hiring for other open positions, the person said. The channel has recently won rights to exclusive coverage of the U.S. ...

  • Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

    HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum — an act that was caught on cellphone video — agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

  • NY Cuomo letter warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law.

  • A diversion in the air for 'Today'

    NEW YORK (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.

Show More