Of the possibilities of cabaret, Ms. McKechnie said: "This is how the audience can see a performer perform, not just a singer singing a song.
So too with One Evening, which insisted that its performers perform not text, nor emotion, nor music, but gestures: turn this handle, squeeze this piece of leather, half-sing into that microphone.
Baseball officials invited Williams to perform, not the Yankees.
"They want clothes that perform, not just keep them hot or cool.
At first Mr. Jones wanted only to perform, not to accept money.
An ace, he said, has to perform not just in those games, but during all points of the season.
The musicians' contract expired on Sept. 20, but they have continued to perform, not an unusual practice.
If you don't perform not only could you lose, but it could get embarrassing too," Elsom said.
He said the law required an examination of "the broad range of everyday tasks we all perform, not just work-related activities".
Louise Tickle takes a look at what it could mean for students under pressure to perform not just well but outstandingly.
"We'll have over 25,000 people there on Friday night and they'll come to see us perform, not have a rest.
