As reported by Variety earlier this week, Best Original Song nominee Beyonce opened Sunday night’s 94th Academy Awards ceremony with a tribute to Venus and Serena Williams performed on the famed tennis courts “in the heart of beautiful Compton, where we truly came alive as professional athletes,” the sisters said when introducing the singer’s opening set.Of course, Beyonce performed “Be Alive,” her song from the Will Smith-starring film about the Williams sisters, “King Richard.” The performance opened with a number of characteristically statuesque Beyonce dancers, clad in tennis-ball-green outfits, walking down a Compton street toward the courts, past the kind of low-rider cars made world-famous in Dr.
Dre and Snoop Dogg videos in the 1990s. The scene moved to the court, where Beyonce, atop a small platform was accompanied by dozens of dancers and musicians , with Bey and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy dancing in the front.Beyoncé’s first award show performance in 5 years #Oscars pic.twitter.com/u6rZ1tc65D— IVY (@ivyparkspr) March 28, 2022The location — where the pair practiced relentless drills in their youth under the watchful eye of their father, who is portrayed by Will Smith in the multi-nominated biopic “King Richard” — was an ideal Oscar setting for the song.
The Lueders Park courts were officially rebranded as the Venus and Serena Williams Court of Champion in 2016.The song — which plays under the film’s end credits — reflects the struggle and persistence of the rising tennis stars, with the lyrics celebrating pride, self-confidence and the love of family: “It feels so good, so good/ Got all my family by my side/ And we gon’ sit on top of the world again/ Couldn’t wipe this Black off if I tried/ And I wouldn’t trade.
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