21.   And she gave a little performance as she explained what she meant.

22.   As a result, he gave performances of intense identification.

23.   As Abby Janello, the widowed mother of two young boys, Paltrow gives a performance of astounding delicacy and depth.

24.   As Norma would have, Close gives a performance in the grand manner, full of histrionic flourishes and large, expressive gestures with her talon-like fingers.

25.   As an accompanist, he gave performances with sopranos Jessye Norman and Victoria de Los Angeles, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and violinists Joseph Fuchs and Eugene Fodor.

26.   As Tripplethree, Dee gives a performance of mouth-dropping technical finesse, self-contained logic and, most improbably of all, wholesale conviction.

27.   As the pensive, prickly, unknowable Detective Frank Pembleton, Andre Braugher gave the performance of the year.

28.   At the end of each session, Dance Theater gives a performance at a local theater.

29.   Baritone Dwayne Croft as the diplomat De Siriex and coloratura soprano Ainhoa Arteta as the frivolous Olga gave solid performances.

30.   Besides giving performances, the troupe presents workshops at colleges all over New England, and it was also seeking a site where its activities could be centralized.