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Performing Arts Group

was the first multi-cultural bilingual group to perform the first bilingual family theatre and family disco productions

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ30601391
Source-derived summary

Performing Arts Group (P.A.G) was the first multi-cultural bilingual group to perform the first bilingual family theatre and family disco productions founded in 1985 by Teri Suzanne in Tokyo, Japan. Their performance and productions were at the Aoyama Theatre in Tokyo, Japan. In the span of 13 years the company produced over 150 shows.

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The public source identifies “Performing Arts Group” as was the first multi-cultural bilingual group to perform the first bilingual family theatre and family disco productions. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Performing, Arts and Group.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Performing, Arts and Group providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30601391. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1985.

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This entry incorporates text from Performing Arts Group” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.