performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...

, 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 Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...

, art work presented within a fine art context *

Performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

, 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'' (TV series), British television series * ''

A Late Quartet ''A Late Quartet'' (released in Australia as ''Performance'') is a 2012 American drama film directed by Yaron Zilberman and co-written by Zilberman and Seth Grossman. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mar ...

'', 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 ''The Performance'' is an album by the Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, released on 9 November 2009. It is her first studio album of original compositions in three decades. The album was executive produced by music executive Paul Carey and English ...

'', 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 ''Hello Master'' is the debut studio album by Canadian hard rock band Priestess. Recorded with producer Gus van Go, the album was initially released on October 18, 2005, by Indica Records in Canada and on later dates in other regions. Its lyrics ...

'', 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 The Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and were listed as the most successful duo i ...

Other media

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

Business processes

Job performance Job performance assesses whether a person performs a job well. Job performance, studied academically as part of industrial and organizational psychology, also forms a part of human resources management. Performance is an important criterion for org ...

, a measure of the effectiveness of an employee *

Performance engineering Performance engineering encompasses the techniques applied during a systems development life cycle to ensure the non-functional requirements for performance (such as throughput, latency, or memory usage) will be met. It may be alternatively refer ...

Performance improvement A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...

Performance management Performance management (PM) is the process of ensuring that a set of activities and outputs meets an organization's goals in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on the performance of a whole organization, a d ...

Performance measurement Performance measurement is the process of collecting, analyzing and/or reporting information regarding the performance of an individual, group, organization, system or component. Definitions of performance measurement tend to be predicated upon an ...

Computing

Computer performance In computing, computer performance is the amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system. Outside of specific contexts, computer performance is estimated in terms of accuracy, efficiency and speed of executing computer program instructio ...

** Performance analysis **

Performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. Typically in computer systems, the motivation for such activity is called a performance problem, which can be either real or anticipated. Most systems will respond to increased load wi ...

Software performance testing In software quality assurance, performance testing is in general a testing practice performed to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a particular workload. It can also serve to investigate, measure, valid ...

Network performance Network performance refers to measures of service quality of a network as seen by the customer. There are many different ways to measure the performance of a network, as each network is different in nature and design. Performance can also be model ...

Humanities and social sciences

Linguistic performance The term linguistic performance was used by Noam Chomsky in 1960 to describe "the actual use of language in concrete situations". It is used to describe both the Language production, production, sometimes called '' parole'', as well as the comp ...

, the act of producing an utterance * The

performative turn The 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. Centra ...

, a paradigmatic shift in the humanities and social sciences ** Performative text, in philosophy of language * Performance of a contract, in law * A

ritual A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or objects, performed according to a set sequence. Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, b ...

in a religious or occult setting

Other uses

Performance (textiles) Textile performance, also known as fitness for purpose, is a textile's capacity to withstand various conditions, environments, and hazards, qualifying it for particular uses. The performance of textile products influences their appearance, comfo ...

, capacity of textiles to withstand certain conditions * The execution of an

experiment An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into Causality, cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome oc ...

in science *

Aircraft performance Aircraft performance refers to the ability of an aircraft to accomplish certain useful things.Federal Aviation Administration: "Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge", Chapter 11/ref> It is an important consideration when designing and testing ...

, including

landing performance The performance data for landing an aircraft can be obtained from the aircraft's flight manual or pilot's operating handbook. It will state the distance required to bring the aircraft to a stop under ideal conditions, assuming the aircraft crosses ...