diff --git a/examples/material_gallery/lib/demo/page_selector_demo.dart b/examples/material_gallery/lib/demo/page_selector_demo.dart
index 594724bcb0..3df5c1c99d 100644
--- a/examples/material_gallery/lib/demo/page_selector_demo.dart
+++ b/examples/material_gallery/lib/demo/page_selector_demo.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class PageSelectorDemo extends StatelessComponent {
       builder: (BuildContext context, Widget child) {
         Color background = selection.value == iconName ? _selectedColor.end : _selectedColor.begin;
         if (selection.valueIsChanging) {
-          // Then the selection's performance is animating from previousValue to value.
+          // Then the selection's animation is animating from previousValue to value.
           if (selection.value == iconName)
             background = _selectedColor.evaluate(animation);
           else if (selection.previousValue == iconName)
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/animations.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/animations.dart
index fcf42956bc..a969d6db24 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/animations.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/animations.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import 'tween.dart';
 class AlwaysCompleteAnimation extends Animated<double> {
   const AlwaysCompleteAnimation();
 
-  // this performance never changes state
   void addListener(VoidCallback listener) { }
   void removeListener(VoidCallback listener) { }
   void addStatusListener(PerformanceStatusListener listener) { }
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ const AlwaysCompleteAnimation kAlwaysCompleteAnimation = const AlwaysCompleteAni
 class AlwaysDismissedAnimation extends Animated<double> {
   const AlwaysDismissedAnimation();
 
-  // this performance never changes state
   void addListener(VoidCallback listener) { }
   void removeListener(VoidCallback listener) { }
   void addStatusListener(PerformanceStatusListener listener) { }
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/simulation_stepper.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/simulation_stepper.dart
index e0a2902286..caeefc12e2 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/simulation_stepper.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/simulation_stepper.dart
@@ -5,31 +5,32 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:newton/newton.dart';
-import 'animated_value.dart';
 import 'curves.dart';
 import 'ticker.dart';
 
-/// A simulation that varies from [begin] to [end] over [duration] using [curve].
-///
-/// This class is an adaptor between the Simulation interface and the
-/// AnimatedValue interface.
+/// A simulation that varies from begin to end over duration using curve.
 class _TweenSimulation extends Simulation {
-  _TweenSimulation(double begin, double end, Duration duration, Curve curve)
-    : _durationInSeconds = duration.inMicroseconds / Duration.MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND,
-      _tween = new AnimatedValue<double>(begin, end: end, curve: curve) {
+  _TweenSimulation(this._begin, this._end, Duration duration, this._curve)
+    : _durationInSeconds = duration.inMicroseconds / Duration.MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND {
     assert(_durationInSeconds > 0.0);
-    assert(begin != null);
-    assert(end != null);
+    assert(_begin != null);
+    assert(_end != null);
   }
 
   final double _durationInSeconds;
-  final AnimatedValue<double> _tween;
+  final double _begin;
+  final double _end;
+  final Curve _curve;
 
   double x(double timeInSeconds) {
     assert(timeInSeconds >= 0.0);
-    final double t = (timeInSeconds / _durationInSeconds).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
-    _tween.setProgress(t, AnimationDirection.forward);
-    return _tween.value;
+    double t = (timeInSeconds / _durationInSeconds).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    if (t == 0.0)
+      return _begin;
+    else if (t == 1.0)
+      return _end;
+    else
+      return _begin + (_end - _begin) * _curve.transform(t);
   }
 
   double dx(double timeInSeconds) => 1.0;
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/tween.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/tween.dart
index f70e2e0acd..b512ee8463 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/tween.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/animation/tween.dart
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ abstract class Evaluatable<T> {
   Animated<T> animate(Animated<double> parent) {
     return new _AnimatedEvaluation<T>(parent, this);
   }
+
+  Evaluatable<T> chain(Evaluatable<double> parent) {
+    return new _ChainedEvaluation<T>(parent, this);
+  }
 }
 
 class _AnimatedEvaluation<T> extends Animated<T> with ProxyAnimatedMixin {
@@ -113,6 +117,31 @@ class _AnimatedEvaluation<T> extends Animated<T> with ProxyAnimatedMixin {
   T get value => _evaluatable.evaluate(parent);
 }
 
+class AlwaysStoppedAnimation extends Animated<double> {
+  const AlwaysStoppedAnimation(this.value);
+
+  final double value;
+
+  void addListener(VoidCallback listener) { }
+  void removeListener(VoidCallback listener) { }
+  void addStatusListener(PerformanceStatusListener listener) { }
+  void removeStatusListener(PerformanceStatusListener listener) { }
+  PerformanceStatus get status => PerformanceStatus.forward;
+  AnimationDirection get direction => AnimationDirection.forward;
+}
+
+class _ChainedEvaluation<T> extends Evaluatable<T> {
+  _ChainedEvaluation(this._parent, this._evaluatable);
+
+  final Evaluatable<double> _parent;
+  final Evaluatable<T> _evaluatable;
+
+  T evaluate(Animated<double> animation) {
+    double value = _parent.evaluate(animation);
+    return _evaluatable.evaluate(new AlwaysStoppedAnimation(value));
+  }
+}
+
 class AnimationController extends Animated<double>
   with EagerListenerMixin, LocalPerformanceListenersMixin, LocalPerformanceStatusListenersMixin {
   AnimationController({ this.duration, double value, this.debugLabel }) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart
index fcabc79b95..f01030f3cf 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart
@@ -854,9 +854,8 @@ abstract class RenderBoxContainerDefaultsMixin<ChildType extends RenderBox, Pare
   }
 }
 
-class AnimatedFractionalOffsetValue extends AnimatedValue<FractionalOffset> {
-  AnimatedFractionalOffsetValue(FractionalOffset begin, { FractionalOffset end, Curve curve, Curve reverseCurve })
-    : super(begin, end: end, curve: curve, reverseCurve: reverseCurve);
+class FractionalOffsetTween extends Tween<FractionalOffset> {
+  FractionalOffsetTween({ FractionalOffset begin, FractionalOffset end }) : super(begin: begin, end: end);
 
   FractionalOffset lerp(double t) => FractionalOffset.lerp(begin, end, t);
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/enter_exit_transition.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/enter_exit_transition.dart
index e7c4b0b232..1ba2438bdf 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/enter_exit_transition.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/enter_exit_transition.dart
@@ -30,32 +30,41 @@ class SmoothlyResizingOverflowBox extends StatefulComponent {
 }
 
 class _SmoothlyResizingOverflowBoxState extends State<SmoothlyResizingOverflowBox> {
-  ValuePerformance<Size> _size;
+  SizeTween _sizeTween;
+  CurveTween _curveTween;
+  Animated<Size> _size;
+  AnimationController _sizeController;
 
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
-    _size = new ValuePerformance(
-      variable: new AnimatedSizeValue(config.size, curve: config.curve),
-      duration: config.duration
-    )..addListener(() {
-      setState(() {});
-    });
+    _sizeController = new AnimationController(duration: config.duration);
+    _sizeTween = new SizeTween(begin: config.size);
+    _curveTween = new CurveTween(curve: config.curve);
+    _size = _sizeTween.chain(_curveTween).animate(_sizeController)
+      ..addListener(() {
+        setState(() {});
+      });
   }
 
   void didUpdateConfig(SmoothlyResizingOverflowBox oldConfig) {
-    _size.duration = config.duration;
-    _size.variable.curve = config.curve;
+    bool needsAnimation = false;
     if (config.size != oldConfig.size) {
-      AnimatedSizeValue variable = _size.variable;
-      variable.begin = variable.value;
-      variable.end = config.size;
-      _size.progress = 0.0;
-      _size.play();
+      _sizeTween
+        ..begin = _size.value
+        ..end = config.size;
+      needsAnimation = true;
+    }
+    _sizeController.duration = config.duration;
+    _curveTween.curve = config.curve;
+    if (needsAnimation) {
+      _sizeController
+        ..value = 0.0
+        ..forward();
     }
   }
 
   void dispose() {
-    _size.stop();
+    _sizeController.stop();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/transitions.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/transitions.dart
index 78bd6b5c85..fc174ab8d3 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/transitions.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/transitions.dart
@@ -193,24 +193,6 @@ class RotationTransition extends AnimatedComponent {
   }
 }
 
-class OldFadeTransition extends TransitionWithChild {
- OldFadeTransition({
-    Key key,
-    this.opacity,
-    PerformanceView performance,
-    Widget child
-  }) : super(key: key,
-             performance: performance,
-             child: child);
-
-  final AnimatedValue<double> opacity;
-
-  Widget buildWithChild(BuildContext context, Widget child) {
-    performance.updateVariable(opacity);
-    return new Opacity(opacity: opacity.value, child: child);
-  }
-}
-
 class FadeTransition extends AnimatedComponent {
   FadeTransition({
     Key key,
@@ -226,20 +208,17 @@ class FadeTransition extends AnimatedComponent {
   }
 }
 
-class ColorTransition extends TransitionWithChild {
+class ColorTransition extends AnimatedComponent {
   ColorTransition({
     Key key,
-    this.color,
-    PerformanceView performance,
-    Widget child
-  }) : super(key: key,
-             performance: performance,
-             child: child);
+    Animated<Color> color,
+    this.child
+  }) : color = color, super(key: key, animation: color);
 
-  final AnimatedColorValue color;
+  final Animated<Color> color;
+  final Widget child;
 
-  Widget buildWithChild(BuildContext context, Widget child) {
-    performance.updateVariable(color);
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return new DecoratedBox(
       decoration: new BoxDecoration(backgroundColor: color.value),
       child: child