Last dance

摘要

I love makeover shows," says Beyonce Knowles. She's backstage at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the seventh date of what has become, after a surprise announcement in June, the trio's 34-city North American farewell tour. "I'd do one for fun," she says. "I do it all the time with Michelle and Kelly. I grew up in a salon, so I've always loved seeing people get more beautiful than they already are." There are those who would say Destiny's Child was made rather than made over, built on summer days at Mathew and Tina Knowles's R&B charm school, a Houston backyard day camp at which the activities included classes in dance and interviewing skills. Tween wannabes jogged and sang along with Beyonce and Kelly to increase their capacity to belt out notes and dance at the same time. But while the sweat and tears of training and the talent show circuit paid off in tens of millions of records sold and endorsements from firms as pop as Pepsi and McDonald's, the Destiny's Child makeover show is surely destined for right now: Beyonce, Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland and Michelle Williams are set to part ways at the top of their game, for good and supposedly forever. What are the chances of a globally celebrated girl group breaking up amicably on the heels of a massively selling album and a sold-out tour?