Where is single ladies filmed

Gatson: They had that bodysuit on and their legs were showing. I love lines. She wanted something that represents a strong, independent, powerful woman -- something modern, yet futuristic. We made the glove before we saw the video, but being that the video features only women, it only further signifies these characteristics.

The glove really symbolizes that empowerment and that strength that lies within women. We were really working on a time constraint to create something original. To begin, we needed a wax mold of her hand, so she had to sit with her entire arm and hand in the wax for about an hour at different angles -- and this was just for the mold alone. We created it in titanium, which is a lightweight metal as well as an extremely difficult metal to create jewelry with.

It needed to be comfortable, detachable so she could wear it in multiple ways. That is what was really special about the three of us -- the fact that we understood the lines and the fact that we understood that Fosse's work was really brilliant and timeless.

That was something that we really wanted to bring forth. On top of it, we just had a lot of fun together. We all are super driven perfectionists, which is also something that shows through. We all have a huge attention to detail, which was also super important. We are similar in height. I also think that the dynamic of us all being different shades was really cool to see and feel. We were all relatable to different audience members.

People would watch and see something of themselves in each and every one of us. Oh my god! She wanted it to be about a trio and not just about her, which was really giving and gracious. It feels exactly like her at this point. Once we got through the shoot, watching her do the first take from the top, it was just magic.

She tapped into every character. Every piece of the movement is perfect. It was just magical, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping. It was the weirdest, craziest, out-of-body experience that you could ever have in your life.

She showed up for work today. Nava: People think it's one shot, but it's actually about five shots -- even though we were doing it in long takes, we filmed it in chunks so that it wasn't too demanding on the dancers and so that we could focus on getting perfect chunks. Then we basically seamlessly connected those chunks, and Jarrett [Fijal, film editor] did an amazing job with that. It was a kind of unforgiving photographic approach.

Gatson: If you ever look at old musicals, it was always something they bragged about, about how they would do full takes of the routine. We see live shows because we see that performer actually go through top to bottom. Nava: This is something that has since become very much a part of my approach to dance: much like the best scenes in an action movie, you need to allow the shots to be long to appreciate the cumulative effort, to really show people [that] this is not a trick -- this is human beings doing something incredible.

That also affected the way in which I recognized that it was important to cover this action. No tricks, not lots of edits -- let people see it. You don't want to keep the camera in just one place, you want the camera to evolve but keep them in frame, so you choreograph the camera moves in relation to the dance.

She was so hungry and so driven and so full-out. What was special about it, too, was that we all had our three directors chairs, and we all sat side by side in our chairs -- she really wanted us to feel like a wonderful trio. You have to warm it up; it's like starting from scratch.

You're gonna feel that tomorrow. I am about to be in your music video, so I am just fine. We need to keep going. Everyone was silent, because they were like, she did not just talk to Beyonce like that! It was a lot to make the video have that thing , and it worked. I think it was my eighth show?

It was really early on. I enjoy dancing, I think I could do a good job at that. She was coming. I tried. At least I wrote something that people laughed at at the table. I am terrified! I just remember walking in and sitting down, and she was so nice and calm and wonderful.

She had a lot of people with her in the room, but she just seemed pretty awesome. She was rehearsing. Knight: I was there that night. I remember we got there, and Justin stormed into the dressing room and already had his leotard on and started to do the choreography! If it made it to SNL , it was a thing. For Justin to be a part of it just took it all up a notch. Justin is someone who has really great taste in artistry and has a good eye for trends, things that are coming and staying and coming and going.

About women auditioned to dance beside Bey. She wants the girls to be beautiful … She's not the type of artist that's intimidated by another beautiful woman," Gatson says. One of the dancers who appeared in the video was an understudy. The original dancer slated to appear in the video was supposed to come to New York for the video shoot, but she didn't get in in time, according to Gatson.

Understudy Ebony William stepped up to the plate along with Ashley Everett , the other backup dancer who was cast from the get-go:. Both backup dancers were ballerinas. One of the backup dancers had an accident halfway through the shoot. About 25 takes in, Ebony nearly injured her ankle — and kept on dancing. On set, t he dancers performed the "Single Ladies" routine at least 50 times in its entirety. So instead of breaking the song up into parts, which is how music videos are typically shot, the dancers performed the entire dance at least 50 times all the way through, Gatson estimates.

It's why the 3-minute, second video took somewhere between eight and 12 hours to shoot. Gatson remembers it took eight hours, while Bey herself once said the shoot lasted 12 hours. By Lesley Goldberg. VH1 will not continue on with Single Ladies. The music-themed cable network has opted to cancel the hourlong dramedy after three seasons, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The series, which stars Charity Shea , Denise Vasi and LisaRaye McCoy , is currently wrapping up its third run on the network — which used an e-book written by New York Times best-selling author Ashley Antoinette to bridge the gap between its second and third seasons. Single Ladies centered on three best friends with different philosophies on love, sex and relationships, proving that not all women have the same desires.