The phrase "a performance of intelligence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an act or demonstration that showcases intelligence, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The debate was not just a clash of ideas, but truly a performance of intelligence that captivated the audience."
Alternatives: "a display of intelligence" or "an exhibition of intelligence".
This was, altogether, a performance of intelligence and mastery.
Carroll was preferred in midfield to Gylfi Sigurdsson or Jake Livermore but he showed precisely why with a performance of intelligence, maturity and some remarkable moments of skill.
As this last figure, Mr. Dennehy supplies a performance of intelligence and integrity, but Ephraim often seems a softer, friendlier figure than he should.
He gives a performance of focused intelligence and integrity, embodying the animal who becomes the play's questioning conscience with a savage bite that never loosens its grip.
Playing a woman who refuses to vacate her longtime apartment and finds herself at war with the building's new owners, the 65-year-old Sonia Braga gives a performance of bravura intelligence, sensuality and emotional range.
Even as a non-believer in this kind of "sung-through" musical, I was battered into submission by this mesmeric and sometimes compelling film, featuring a performance of dignity and intelligence from Hugh Jackman, and an unexpectedly vulnerable singing turn from that great, big, grumpy old bear, Russell Crowe.
Played by Rylance, she could easily seem grotesque, but in a performance of incredible finesse and intelligence, he creates a character that exerts her power through wit and intelligence, not looks.
But her triumph on the small screen, two years ago, was in Miss Austen Regrets, a searching study in a neglected romantic life and a performance of rare sympathy and intelligence.
He could order the start of an inquiry about the performance of intelligence agencies, as Democrats and the former chief weapons inspector, David A. Kay, have insisted, but his aides fear that that could prove politically damaging and would almost certainly reopen old wounds with the C.I.A.
In an intense stretch this month, the commission pried open some of the most closely guarded compartments of government, revealing the flow and details of previously classified information given to two presidents and their senior advisers, and the performance of intelligence and law enforcement officials.
