Was there a more iconic music video in 2018 than the Carters’ Apeshit? Shot in the Louvre, with the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo as part of the backdrop, it — literally — positioned Beyoncé and Jay-Z among the art establishment.
Apeshit was choreographed by the Flemish-Moroccan dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Born in Antwerp, he’s often asked if he feels more Moroccan than Belgian. “I feel both,” he says. “You can be many things.” He brings the same approach to dance, combining classical technique with hip-hop moves, belly-dancing, even spoken word.
It was pop music, however, that drew him to dance. “I’m from the MTV generation,” he says when we meet in his dressing room, where he sips green tea as he talks. “Fame,
