Editing Performance (section)

== Arts ==
[[File:Gansu Museum 2007 309.jpg|thumb|[[Tang dynasty]] horseback musicians]]
In [[performing arts]], a performance generally comprises an event in which a performer, or group of performers, present one or more [[Work of art|works of art]] to an [[audience]]. In instrumental music and drama, a performance is typically described as a "play".<ref>[[Andreas Dorschel]], ''Music as Play.'' In: Paulo de Assis (ed.), ''Virtual Works – Actual Things: Essays in Musical Ontology.'' Leuven University Press, Leuven 2018 (Orpheus Institute Series), pp. 115–133. [https://orpheusinstituut.be/nl/publicaties/virtual-works-actual-things/ pdf online]</ref> Typically, the performers participate in [[rehearsal]]s beforehand to practice the work.

An effective performance is determined by the achieved skills and competency of the performer, also known as the level of skill and knowledge. In 1994, Spencer and McClelland defined competency as "a combination of motives, traits, self-concepts, attitudes, cognitive behavior skills (content knowledge) that helps a performer to differentiate themselves as superior from the average performer".<ref name="ShippmannAsh2000">{{cite journal|last1=Shippmann|first1=Jeffery S.|title=The Practice of Competency Modeling|last2=Ash|first2=Ronald A.|last3=Batjtsta|first3=Mariangela|last4=Carr|first4=Linda|last5=Eyde|first5=Lorraine D.|last6=Hesketh|first6=Beryl|last7=Kehoe|first7=Jerry|last8=Pearlman|first8=Kenneth|last9=Prien|first9=Erich P.|last10=Sanchez|first10=Juan I.|journal=Personnel Psychology|volume=53|issue=3|year=2000|pages=703–740|issn=0031-5826|doi=10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00220.x}}</ref> A performance also describes the way in which an [[actor]] performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a [[mime artist]], [[comedian]], [[Evocation|conjurer]], [[Magic (illusion)|magician]], or other entertainer.