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Dan Deacon: Deacon-structing Dan

Electro-pop musician and composer Dan Deacon talks about his love of audience participation and plays a game about well-regarded board games with mundane themes.
Dan Deacon at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Electro-pop musician and composer Dan Deacon wants his audience to dance "like if Jurassic Park was Bart Simpson." Deacon's live shows involve heavy audience participation, including (but not limited to) dance competitions.

"I try

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