Deuce Coupe

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Deuce Coupe is a groundbreaking 1973 ballet by choreographer Twyla Tharp that fused classical ballet with contemporary dance and pop music, notably set to songs by The Beach Boys.

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instanceOf ballet
associatedWith Twyla Tharp Dance NERFINISHED
choreographer Twyla Tharp NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Twyla Tharp NERFINISHED
genre contemporary ballet
hasChoreographicApproach collage structure
integration of ballet and pedestrian movement
use of simultaneous contrasting movement vocabularies
hasCulturalContext American popular culture of the 1960s and 1970s
hasTitleOrigin named after the Beach Boys song "Deuce Coupe"
influenced later crossover works between ballet and popular culture
language none (wordless dance work)
movement postmodern dance
musicBy The Beach Boys NERFINISHED
notableFor early use of pop music in ballet
fusion of classical ballet and contemporary dance
use of music by The Beach Boys in a ballet context
premiereDate 1973
usesMusic pop music
songs by The Beach Boys
usesStyle classical ballet
contemporary dance
yearOfPremiere 1973

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Twyla Tharp notableWork Deuce Coupe