"No performer could better represent the humour and fun of The Sims brand."

The performers and performing groups (Thomas Hampson and Barbara Bonney are exceptions) represent a firmament of historically informed music making.

With performers representing these nations, today's concert will include Les Merveilles d'Afrique (shown at right), Mar Gueye and the N'Geuwel Kotchenga Dance Company.

It is easier for an audience to believe that the performer is accurately representing a figure that they themselves can verify existed.

Her appearance marks the first time that the same performer has represented Macedonia twice.

Each performer represents a particular deity and is sponsored by devotees as a prayer offering.

The performers represented the sea and the various aquatic fauna appear and move around the arena floor.

This might seem as silly as Mr. Wernick's suggestion that performers represent an "unfortunate" intermediary between music and the public.

(Two costumed performers will represent the lion's head and body.)

The top three performers in the spring shoot will represent GB at London 2012.