The Performance Group
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The Performance Group was an experimental New York theater collective founded in the late 1960s, best known for its innovative, environmental stagings and for launching the work of director Richard Schechner and, later, members who formed The Wooster Group.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental theatre company
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nonprofit arts organization ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| artForm | theatre ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Richard Schechner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York avant-garde theatre
NERFINISHED
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Off-Off-Broadway movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | SoHo, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolvedInto | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | performing arts ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Richard Schechner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental theatre
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experimental theatre ⓘ |
| hasPublicationAbout | Environmental Theater by Richard Schechner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRehearsalSpace | The Performing Garage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.richardschechner.com/the-performance-group ⓘ |
| influenced | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collective creation processes
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innovative environmental stagings ⓘ site-specific performance experiments ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| movement |
experimental performance
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postmodern theatre ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Elizabeth LeCompte
NERFINISHED
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Richard Schechner NERFINISHED ⓘ Spalding Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ Willem Dafoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commune
NERFINISHED
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Dionysus in 69 NERFINISHED ⓘ Makbeth NERFINISHED ⓘ Mother Courage and Her Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
audience participation
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deconstructed classic texts ⓘ improvisation ⓘ physical theatre ⓘ |
| performedAt | The Performing Garage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| usedConcept | environmental theatre theory ⓘ |
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