Performance (disambiguation)

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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * Performance!, a 2000 book of photographs by Clive Barda

Business processes

 * Job performance, a measure of the effectiveness of an employee
 * Performance engineering
 * Performance improvement
 * Performance management
 * Performance measurement

Computing

 * Computer performance
 * Performance analysis
 * Performance tuning
 * Software performance testing
 * Network performance

Humanities and social sciences

 * 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

 * Performance (textiles), capacity of textiles to withstand certain conditions
 * The execution of an experiment in science