The first-half performance provided a lesson in capitalising on possession, Spartak's huff and puff yielding only frustration while the visitors prospered, slicing their way through Russian ranks.
This past weekend my partner and I went to see a performance of A Lesson Before Dying, Romulus Linney's play set in a small Louisiana bayou town in 1948.
Some might consider James's performance a vindictive lesson for Lance Stephenson, who flashed James the choke sign in Game 3 — and, despite apologizing, he had to be separated from Miami's Juwan Howard during pregame warm-ups.
These days, Spector sits between songs, but her exuberant performances are a lesson in pop history.
Though too late for these Olympics, Ward's performance should be a lesson to United States boxing coaches who try to force their fighters to change their flamboyant styles into technical and computer-friendly ones.
Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl Halftime Show performance was ultimately a lesson in playing it safe — no animatronic lion like Katy Perry, no flying in from the roof of the stadium like Lady Gaga — likely a reaction to the wardrobe malfunction that eternally branded his first appearance on music's biggest stage in 2004.
"At least they didn't call me brainless," she said with the wit that -- when combined with demonstrations of skills including writing, typing and sewing -- carried her sideshow performances beyond peculiarity to a lesson in adaptation and determination.
Then Mr Steel, who spent his career attempting to win power for the politics of consensus and compromise, left for the Commons for a last nostalgic leadership performance in Question Time and a lesson in the magnitude of his failure.
Waters took it a bit too far when Pink Floyd recorded this song, spitting in a fan's face as he tried to mount the stage, but take a lesson in performance from Elvis Costello, hunched over himself like a spiteful gnome playing Watching the Detectives (3.15mins into this clip) on the Stiff tour of 1977.
"I'm Still Here" was a lesson in performance art.
