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A performance, in performing arts, is generally an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people.
Performance may also refer to:
Arts and media
edit- Performance art, art work presented within a fine art context
- Performing arts, in which artists use their voices or bodies for artistic expression
Film and television
edit- Performance (film), a 1970 film starring James Fox and Mick Jagger
- Performance (British TV series), British television series of the 1990s
- Performance (Canadian TV series), Canadian television series of the 1970s
- A Late Quartet, a 2012 film released in Australia under the name Performance
- Performance Channel, a former UK cable and satellite channel
Music
edit- Performance (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1970 film, or the title song by Bernie Krause and Merry Clayton
- Performance (Eloy album), 1983
- Performance (Marti Webb album), 1989
- Performance (Spacemen 3 album), 1988
- Performance (White Denim album) or the title song, 2018
- The Performance, an album by Shirley Bassey, 2009
- Performance (EP), by Kylie Minogue, 2010
- Rising (Donovan album), 1990; re-released as Performance, 1997
- "Performance", a song by Priestess from Hello Master, 2005
- "Performance", a song by the xx from I See You, 2017
- "Performance", a concert tour in 1991 by the English duo The Pet Shop Boys
Other media
edit- Performance!, a 2000 book of photographs by Clive Barda
Business processes
edit- Job performance, a measure of the effectiveness of an employee
- Performance engineering
- Performance improvement
- Performance management
- Performance measurement
Computing
editHumanities and social sciences
edit- Linguistic performance, the act of producing an utterance
- The performative turn, a paradigmatic shift in the humanities and social sciences
- Performative text, in philosophy of language
- Performance of a contract, in law
- Specific performance, a legal remedy
- A ritual in a religious or occult setting
Other uses
edit- Performance (textiles), capacity of textiles to withstand certain conditions
- The execution of an experiment in science
See also
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