A performance art is an event 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:
- The performative turn, a paradigmatic shift in the humanities and social sciences. Central to the performative turn is the concept of performance.
- Performative text: in the philosophy of language, the notion of performance conceptualizes what a spoken or written text can bring about in human interactions.
- A ritual in a religious or occult setting
- the execution of an experiment in science, i.e., the carrying out of predetermined actions in a controlled environment
- In linguistics, the act of producing an utterance
- Performance (film), a 1970 film starring James Fox and Mick Jagger
- Performance (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the above film
- Performance Channel, a former UK Cable and Satellite channel
- Performance (Spacemen 3 album), an album by Spacemen 3
- Performance (DVD), a DVD by Pet Shop Boys chronicling their Performance world tour
- Performance, a measurement of some output or behaviour in engineering or computing:
- Performance, the activity of a unit (be it individual, team, department, or division) of an organization intended to accomplish some desired result: