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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.

See all 6 playlists on Performance

Talks about Performance

Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego

"Top Knot Turn Up" / "Bad Habits"

Posted Dec 2018

Paul Rucker

How my mom inspired my approach to the cello

Posted Nov 2018

A Tribe Called Red

"We Are the Halluci Nation"

Posted Oct 2018

Camille A. Brown

"New Second Line"

Posted Oct 2018

Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes

"Chasms"

Posted Sep 2018

Elizabeth Cawein

How to build a thriving music scene in your city

Posted Sep 2018

Luke Sital-Singh

"Afterneath" / "Killing Me"

Posted Sep 2018

The Soul Rebels

"Rebelosis" / "Rebel Rock" / "Rebel on That Level"

Posted Sep 2018

Elise LeGrow

"You Never Can Tell" / "Over the Mountain, Across the Sea"

Posted Sep 2018

Sunni Patterson

"Wild Women"

Posted Aug 2018

Yelle

"Interpassion" / "Ba$$in"

Posted Aug 2018

Boy Girl Banjo

"Dead Romance"

Posted Jul 2018

Lili Haydn

"The Last Serenade"

Posted Jul 2018

Thandiswa Mazwai

"Iyeza" / "Zabalaza"

Posted May 2018

Ibeyi

"Valé" / "River"

Posted May 2018

Qudus Onikeku and The QTribe

"RainMakers"

Posted Apr 2018

See all 142 talks on Performance

Exclusive articles about Performance

A brief history of tap dance (and why it’s still a great art form)

How one dancer is bringing tap dance back. Think about tap dance and what comes to mind? Perhaps the virtuosity, precision and glamour of Hollywood film stars like Fred Astaire ...

Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way

Confession time. I’m not much of a poetry buff. I don’t have the ear, the brain, the whatever-it-is that might afford me the deep enjoyment I know so many people get from the me...