"Engaging performance" refers to a presentation, show, or act that captivates and holds your interest. It means that the performer is able to connect with the audience and make the experience enjoyable and interesting.
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It wears some of the best brakes in the industry, and though its steering is electric, it is one of the
most engaging performance cars available to this day.
It isn't bad, there's just nothing interesting about it in a place where a
more engaging performance could've helped tell a rather straightforward tale.
It's a genre piece, obviously, but terrific production values and
engaging performances result in a finished product that's fun and easy to recommend.
Like his previous productions, this movie also incorporates the vibrant colors, creative camera angles and use of reflection the director's work has become known for, along with
engaging performances by Giamatti, Howard and several other secondary actors.
Other popular picks include the BMW X5, which serves up the most
engaging performance of the bunch but has less third - row space and a substantially higher price.
Penny and dime) turns in a lively but always
engaging performance as a man of equal talents to the mysterious «Accountant» when it comes to tactical situations.
With engaging performances from Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, the movie, which follows a workaholic (Hanks» Allen Bauer) as he falls for an honest - to - goodness mermaid (Hannah's Madison), is an agreeable romantic comedy that's deservedly become a minor classic of the genre.
Kerry Downey and Joanna Seitz's video installation To Do List (2012 - 2013)
engages performance in a collaborative process of research and experiment — proposing a rethinking of how bodies move and interact with space and material, and the performative possibilities of work.
Critic Consensus: A terrific follow - up to The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting is a teen movie worth watching, thanks to
emotionally engaging performances and an endearing script.
If you're not too picky about historical accuracy, and not too put off by cheap - looking computer effects, you'll find much to enjoy in this entertaining adventure, built on a solid hero's - quest structure and bolstered by a
terrifically engaging performance from Travis Fimmel as the hero - at - hand.
Along with over forty institutions around Austin, we
offer engaging performances, art - making activities, artist demonstrations, docent - led tours of the exhibitions, and free admission.
Okay, so the premise sounds a bit familiar, but the execution looks far above average thanks to MacLachlan's warm, honest approach and
engaging performances all around.
He started off as a painter and slowly turned his focus on
socially engaged performance art, which gained him huge attention of an art audience but also of the police that closed down the community soon enough.
The cast are extremely strong - Ewan McGregor giving an understated, but
ever engaging performance as Oliver, a graphic designer who has recently lost his father and steadily spirals into depression.
Flashing his baby blues and a fiery temper, the actor gives a
fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie's laziness.
He closes the camera in on his two actors (Hopkins and Anton Yelchin),
pulling engaging performances from the Oscar - winning star and the youngster opposite him.
With his previous film I Wish, we knew that Japanese filmmaker Kore - eda was an expert at
drawing engaging performances out of adorable young children.
Chick flick or no, Pitch Perfect delivered a
wonderfully engaging performance that isn't marred by any overly dramatic aspects or even much mean - spirited rivalry (I really liked how the two main rival groups enjoyed getting together to jam more than just being jerks to each other).
Thanks to
truly engaging performances and Christopher Blauvelt's darkly atmospheric cinematography, which drags the audience deep down the noir rabbit hole alongside Katherine, one is easily lulled into State Like Sleep despite the central mystery lacking interest.
That's not to say the film lacks humor — Ray Milland's
engaging performance makes sure of that — but when it comes to its supernatural shenanigans, it takes its business quite seriously.
Like the movie itself, those actors can remind us a little too much of others — Whitman and Amell remind me a lot of Janeane Garofalo and Tom Cruise, respectively — but they still manage to
create engaging performances.
It also has some
very engaging performances by its stars, with another very strong turn by Julianne Moore, and Samuel L. Jackson is in top form.
Currently, she is engaged in a research project with Cap Peck that investigates how teacher education
programs engage performance assessment data of their candidates for programmatic learning and change.
Sadly, though, it doesn't seem as though Ford has made the same earnest attempt to create a fun,
engaging performance crossover like, say, Nissan did with the Juke Nismo.
While we will be the first to admit there are a number of other cars on this list in the same price range as the TTS with more — shall we say —
engaging performance potential, the Audi is beautifully finished, comfortable, and offers a pleasant ride quality.
Chevrolet provides customers with fuel - efficient vehicles that
feature engaging performance, design that makes the heart beat, passive and active safety features and easy - to - use technology, all at a value.
It has consistently delighted both the enthusiast driver and connoisseur of fine things with Infiniti's
renowned engaging performance that never compromises on ride comfort.
«The continued growth and success of the WeatherTech Championship and IMSA's related series provides a great platform for us to
engage performance enthusiasts and showcase our MICHELIN ® Pilot ® Sport family of ultra-high performance tires.
This episode of Art21 Exclusive features artist Tania Bruguera collecting signatures as part of her socially
engaged performance project The Francis Effect (2014).
If done properly, there is every chance that the practice of regular, two - way, more
engaging performance feedback will become far more prevalent, replacing the age of the annual performance appraisal.
Highly
engaging performances by Dev Patel in the lead role and Jeremy Irons as his curmudgeonly mentor gradually warm up the Cambridge story, but the Indian part feels perfunctory and unconvincing.
It's one of the most dynamic and
engaging performances of the year, one that seems to exists in the bone marrow of the thespian through to the final credits.
Teachers learn a suite of protocols and resources to engage one another in rich conversations about what makes a high quality,
engaging performance task that places students in optimal position to demonstrate proficiency.
Use short bursts of
highly engaging performance to inject eagerness into every child; your enthusiasm must be infectious and your direction unstoppable.