Beyonce has another accusation under her belt. A few months ago,we reported that Bey was accused of stealing her billboard award performance idea from an Italian singer by the name of Lorella Cuccarinni. Well now, she's being accused of plagiarism for her latest music video "Countdown." The video, which premiered last Thursday, shows scenes from movies like West Side Story, Funny Face, and Flashdance. It seems like the choreography and costume ideas was taken in one of the from Belgian choregorgrapher Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 1983 dance piece "Rosas danst Rosas and 1990 piece "Achterland without any credits. According to Yahoo news, Studio Brussels released a comparison video of Anne De Keersmaeker and Bey. Studio Brussels reached out to De Keersmaeker and she stated:
"I didn't know anything about this. I'm not mad, but this is plagiarism. This is stealing. What's rude about it is that they don't even bother about hiding it. They seem to think they could do it because its a famous work. Am I honored? Look, I've seen local school kids doing this. That's a lot more beautiful." While Beyonce is being taunted about this incident, MTV chatted with the video's director Adria Petty (who is singer/songwriter Tom Petty's daughter) about the inspiration of the look and choreography behind the video. Beyonce was paying tribute to some of her icons Audrey Hepburn, Diana Ross, Andy Warhol, and Twiggy.
"I brought Beyonce a number of references and we picked some out together. Most were German modern-dance references, believe it or not. But it really evolved."
Check out the comparison below:
Beyonce music video "Countdown"
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker video (choreography):
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