Performance

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Performance.

Video playlists about Performance

Live music, onstage at TED

10 talks • 2h 6m
We've cued up two hours of live music straight from the TED stage. Listen for a wide range of virtuoso musicians -- on some very surprising instruments ...

How music affects us

9 talks • 2h 59m
Music is a fundamental aspect of humanity -- so exactly how does it impact us? These talks offer a wonderful look at our fascinating relationship with the music we make.

Talks for theater geeks

9 talks • 2h 36m
A collection of our most inspired talks and performances highlighting the passion, importance and brilliance of theater.

Music around the world

13 talks • 2h 47m
Take a trip around the globe and enjoy music from all corners of the Earth.
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Talks about Performance

10:40

Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin

A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World's Fair

Posted Nov 2019
17:05

Judith Jamison and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Revelations from a lifetime of dance

Posted Oct 2019
11:56

Muthoni Drummer Queen

Creativity builds nations

Posted Sep 2019
7:14

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

"You Have the Rite"

Posted Aug 2019
14:21

Derren Brown

Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head

Posted Jul 2019
7:47

Lindsay Amer

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

Posted Jun 2019
4:53

Sarah Kay

"A Bird Made of Birds"

Posted Jun 2019
18:33

Hannah Gadsby

Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not.

Posted Apr 2019
9:11

Nora Brown

"East Virginia" / "John Brown's Dream"

Posted Mar 2019
9:55

Esha Alwani

What it's like to have Tourette's — and how music gives me back control

Posted Mar 2019
17:20

Tom Thum and Matthew Broadhurst

What happens in your throat when you beatbox?

Posted Mar 2019
12:47

Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego

Music with a message should be accessible

Posted Dec 2018
4:11

Paul Rucker

How my mom inspired my approach to the cello

Posted Nov 2018
11:26

A Tribe Called Red

"We Are the Halluci Nation"

Posted Oct 2018
10:08

Camille A. Brown

"New Second Line"

Posted Oct 2018
6:23

Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes

"Chasms"

Posted Sep 2018
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