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.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Performance Group canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9396930 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Performance Group Context triple: [Elizabeth LeCompte, influencedBy, The Performance Group]
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A.
The Perot Group
The Perot Group is a private investment and asset management firm founded by the Perot family that oversees and grows their diverse business interests.
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B.
Peterson Group
Peterson Group is a property investment and development company known for owning and managing prominent commercial real estate assets in the United Kingdom.
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Arena Group
Arena Group is a digital media company that owns and operates a portfolio of sports, lifestyle, and financial publications, including Sports Illustrated.
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D.
The Premier Group
The Premier Group is a British manufacturing company best known for designing and producing the iconic torches used in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.
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E.
Marshall Group
Marshall Group is a British aerospace and defense company based in Cambridge, known for its aviation services, engineering, and property businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Performance Group Target entity description: 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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A.
The Perot Group
The Perot Group is a private investment and asset management firm founded by the Perot family that oversees and grows their diverse business interests.
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B.
Peterson Group
Peterson Group is a property investment and development company known for owning and managing prominent commercial real estate assets in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Arena Group
Arena Group is a digital media company that owns and operates a portfolio of sports, lifestyle, and financial publications, including Sports Illustrated.
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D.
The Premier Group
The Premier Group is a British manufacturing company best known for designing and producing the iconic torches used in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.
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E.
Marshall Group
Marshall Group is a British aerospace and defense company based in Cambridge, known for its aviation services, engineering, and property businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental theatre company
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Performance Group Description of subject: 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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