Performance (disambiguation)
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Performance art
refers to events in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience).
Performance may also refer to:
In music and film:
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
refers to events in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience).
Performance may also refer to:
- A show in the performing artsPerforming artsThe performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
(circus, theater, etc.) - The performative turnPerformative turnThe performative turn is a paradigmatic shift in the humanities and social sciences that has affected such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, history and the relatively young discipline of performance studies...
, a paradigmatic shift in the humanities and social sciences. Central to the performative turn is the concept of performance. - Performative textPerformative textIn the philosophy of language, the notion of performance conceptualizes what a spoken or written text can bring about in human interactions.-Historical Development:...
: in the philosophy of language, the notion of performance conceptualizes what a spoken or written text can bring about in human interactions. - A ritualRitualA ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. The term usually excludes actions which are arbitrarily chosen by the performers....
in a religious or occult setting - The execution of an experimentExperimentAn experiment is a methodical procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, falsifying, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis. Experiments vary greatly in their goal and scale, but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results...
in science, i.e., the carrying out of predetermined actions in a controlled environment - Linguistic performanceLinguistic performanceIn linguistics, performance has two senses:It is also one of the two elements in Chomsky's performance-competence distinction, which relates to Language production , with an emphasis upon how this is different from Competence, or the mental knowledge of language itself...
, the act of producing an utterance
- Performance, a measurement of some output or behaviour in engineering or computing:
- Network performanceNetwork performanceNetwork performance refers to the service quality of a telecommunications product as seen by the customer. It should not be seen merely as an attempt to get "more through" the network....
- Computer performanceComputer performanceComputer performance is characterized by the amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system compared to the time and resources used.Depending on the context, good computer performance may involve one or more of the following:...
- Performance testingPerformance testingIn software engineering, performance testing is in general testing performed to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a particular workload...
- Performance analysisPerformance analysisIn software engineering, profiling is a form of dynamic program analysis that measures, for example, the usage of memory, the usage of particular instructions, or frequency and duration of function calls...
and Performance tuningPerformance tuningPerformance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. The motivation for such activity is called a performance problem, which can be real or anticipated.... - Performance engineeringPerformance EngineeringPerformance engineering within systems engineering, encompasses the set of roles, skills, activities, practices, tools, and deliverables applied at every phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle which ensures that a solution will be designed, implemented, and operationally supported to meet the...
- Network performance
- Performance, the activity of a unit (be it individual, team, department, or division) of an organization intended to accomplish some desired result:
- Performance managementPerformance managementPerformance management includes activities that ensure that goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on the performance of an organization, a department, employee, or even the processes to build a product or service, as well as many...
- Performance improvementPerformance improvementPerformance improvement is the concept of measuring the output of a particular process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure...
- Performance problem
- Performance management
In music and film:
- Performance (film)Performance (film)Performance is a 1968 British crime drama film; the film was produced in 1968 but not released until 1970. Directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, Performance stars James Fox and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in his film acting debut.-Plot:...
, a 1970 film starring James Fox and Mick Jagger - Performance (soundtrack)Performance (soundtrack)Performance is a 1970 soundtrack album to the film Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. It features music from Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger....
, the soundtrack album to the above film - Performance (Spacemen 3 album), an album by Spacemen 3
- Performance (DVD), a DVD by Pet Shop Boys chronicling their Performance world tour
- The PerformanceThe PerformanceThe Performance is an album by singer Shirley Bassey, released on 9 November 2009. It is her first studio album of original compositions in three decades...
, a 2009 album by Shirley Bassey - Performance ChannelPerformance ChannelPerformance Channel was an arts and entertainment television channel that broadcast in the United Kingdom, on the Sky Digital platform. Performance Channel launched in 1985 and was an evening cable-only service for many years. The channel started broadcasting on Sky Digital in 1998 and its...
, a former UK Cable and Satellite channel