Deuce Coupe

E780377

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Deuce Coupe canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet ⓘ
associatedWith Twyla Tharp Dance ⓘ
linked to: Twyla Tharp
choreographer Twyla Tharp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Twyla Tharp ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twyla Tharp → notableWork → Deuce Coupe ⓘ