 Destiny 's Child performed " Dangerously in Love " live for the first time at the Pepsi Arena in Albany , New York in 2001 . The performance was also part of the setlist for their World Tour . Beyoncé also famously performed the song at the 2004 Grammy Awards on February 8 , 2004 , where it won in the category of Best Female R & B Vocal Performance . Beyoncé was wearing a long , glittery turquoise and silver dress . She positioned herself between the edges of a giant picture frame and sung " Dangerously in Love 2 " as if she were in a living oil painting . She was joined by seventeen backup singers , musicians and dancers . At the end , she held out her hand and a dove landed in her outstretched palm . Jon Wiederhorn of MTV News commented that the performance was " nothing short of extravagant . " 
