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Perform erperforming is a neologism occasionally used in performance studies and critical analysis to describe the act of a performer performing, with emphasis on reflexivity and the sense that performance is an ongoing process rather than a fixed identity.

The term is not a standard dictionary entry and is not widely used as a fixed label. It typically appears in scholarly or theoretical discussions to signal meta-performance, self-reference, or the explicit awareness of theatricality by the performer. In this sense, performerperforming overlaps with concepts such as metatheatre, performativity, and performance art, and can be applied across media including live stage, film, radio, or online performances.

In practice, discussions of performerperforming may focus on how a performer makes intentional choices about persona, embodiment, and audience relationship while foregrounding the act of performing itself. This approach can illuminate questions of agency, authenticity, and the construction of meaning within an act of presentation.

See also: performativity, metatheatre, reflexivity in performance, meta-performance, identity performance.