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Even John Legend liked this dancer’s show-stopping proposal

Dancer Phil Wright proposed to his girlfriend and dance partner Ashley Liai during a dance performance at L.A.’s Millennium Dance Complex, and captured it all on Instagram videos.
Dancer Phil Wright proposed to his girlfriend and dance partner Ashley Liai during a dance performance at L.A.’s Millennium Dance Complex, and captured it all on Instagram videos. Instagram

Dancers Phil Wright and Ashley Liai were perfectly in sync during a recent performance at L.A.’s Millennium Dance Complex … until Wright whipped out a ring and got down on one knee.

Liai, his girlfriend, says yes as the crowd goes wild in a series of videos posted to Instagram. The three videos have been viewed a combined total of 687,000 times as of Monday morning.

 

SHE SAID YES! @ashleyliai -------- "You & I" ❤️ @johnlegend

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In the videos, Wright and Liai dance to John Legend’s “You & I (Nobody In The World)” until Liai turns her back during the routine and Wright fumbles in his back pocket for the ring, then kneels. The crowd reacts as Wright waits for Liai to turn around.

Liai posted her own reaction on Instagram as well.

 

Never letting go... 7.12.17 #MyMrWright

A post shared by Ashley Liai (@ashleyliai) on

And Legend himself gave the engagement his seal of approval on Twitter.

This story was originally published July 17, 2017 at 10:40 AM with the headline "Even John Legend liked this dancer’s show-stopping proposal."

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