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Investigating more than 70 key concepts relating to the performing arts in more than six non-European languages, this volume provides a groundbreaking research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for theatre, performance and dance studies worldwide.
The Companion features in-depth explorations of and expert introductions to a select number of performance-related key concepts in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Yorùbá as well as the Indian languages Sanskrit, Hindi and Tamil. Key concepts-such as Fur a in Arabic, for example, or Jiadingxing in Chinese, Gei in Japanese, Ìparadà in Yorùbá and Imyeon in Korean-that defy easy translation from one language to another (and especially into English as the world's lingua franca) and that reflect culturally specific ways of thinking and talking about the performing arts are thoroughly examined in in-depth articles. Written by more than 60 distinguished scholars from around the globe, the articles describe in detail each concept's dynamic history, its flexible scope of meaning and current range of usage. The Companion also includes extensive introductions to each language section, in which internationally renowned experts explain how the presented key concepts are situated within, and are constitutive of, distinct and dynamic epistemic systems that have different yet always interlinked histories and orientations.
- Offers a fascinating insight into the unique histories, characteristics, and orientations of linguistically and culturally distinct epistemic systems related to the performative arts
- Contains extensive cross-references and bibliographies
- An invaluable research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for scholars and students worldwide and across the humanities, especially in the fields of theatre, performance, dance, translation, area and cultural studies
- An accessible handbook for everybody interested in performance cultures and performance-related knowledge systems existing in the world today.
This volume provides an invaluable research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for scholars and students worldwide and across the humanities, especially in the fields of theatre, performance, dance, translation and area studies, history (of science and the humanities) and cultural studies.
List of contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
General Introduction: Performance-Related Concepts as Epistemic Systems
Erika Fischer-Lichte
1 In Lieu of a Conclusion: Stimulating Research on Performance-Related Concepts as Epistemic Tools and Systems
Torsten Jost
2 Editorial Statement
Astrid Schenka
PART I Yorùbá
3 Introduction
Bí dún Jéyifò
4 Notes on the Language Editing of the Yorùbá Section
M. Cristina Boscolo
5 Eré
Philip Adéd tun Ògúndèjì
6 Egúngún
M. Cristina Boscolo
7 Oríkì
Karin Barber
8 Àl
Níyì súndáre and Bí dún Jéyifò
9 Ìjúbà
Adélékè Adé k
10 Ìparadà
Philip Adéd tun Ògúndèjì
11 gùn Gígùn
Dúrótoyè A. Adélékè
12 Òde
Olú báf mi
13 Ìwà L wà and m lúwàbí
Olúfémi Táíwò
14 Ààb r
M. Cristina Boscolo
PART II Chinese
15 Introduction
Shen Lin
16 Notes on the Language Editing of the Chinese Section
Stefan Christ
17 Xiju and Xiqu
Siyuan Liu
18 Xiqu Hangdang and Yan Ma
Tian Mansha and Yan Ma
19 Piaoyou
Zhang Nan
20 Chang
Zhang Nan
21 Chengshi (Hua)
He Chengzhou
22 Jiadingxing
Huang Jue
23 Kongling
Stefan Christ
24 Qi Yun
Yin Qiuyan
25 Xu and Shi
Wang Ankui
26 Xieyi and Xieshi
Siyuan Liu
27 Shen and Xing
Kuan-wu Lin and Siyuan Liu
PART III Arabic
28 Introduction
Khalid Amine
29 Notes on the Language Editing of the Arabic Section
Heba Tebakhi
30 Fur a
Khalid Amine
31 Fada
Nora Amin and Fadil Jaf
32 Al-Halqa
Khalid Amine
33 asad
Nora Amin , Khalid Amine and Fadil Jaf
34 Ada /Tam il
Lina Saneh
35 Hakawati
Shams Eldin Younis Nagmeldin and Khalid Amine
36 Maqam
Edward Ziter
37 Dramatur ya Rukhiyya
Khalid Amine
38 Masrah Sabi
Nora Amin and Khalid Amine
39 Masrah Mustaqill
Nora Amin , Khalid Amine , Shams Eldin Younis Nagmeldin
and Edward Ziter
PART IV Korean
40 Introduction
Ah-Jeong Kim and Haekyung Um
41 Notes on the Language Editing of the Korean Section
Jan Creutzenberg
42 Wonhyeong
CedarBough T. Saeji and Ah-Jeong Kim
43 Gut
Kim Hyunjung
44 Nori
Esther Kim Lee
45 Puri
Kim Jeongsuk
and Ah-Jeong Kim
46 Han ( )
Shim Jung-Soon
47 Madang / Pan
Choi Jae-Oh
48 Gulsin ( )
CedarBough T. Saeji and Jan Creutzenberg
49 Sori
Haekyung Um
50 Bak ( )
Chan E. Park
51 Imyeon ( )
Tara McAllister-Viel
PART V Japanese
52 Introduction
Stanca Scholz-Cionca and Nanako Nakajima
53 Notes on the Language Editing of the Japanese Section
Hanna McGaughey
54 Gei
Nanako Nakajima
55 Hana /
Hanna McGaughey
56 Jo-Ha-Kyu
Andreas Regelsberger
57 Kata
Andreas Regelsberger
58 Ma
Yamashita Yoshiteru
59 Mitate
Yamashita Yoshiteru
60 Monomane and Riaru
M. Cody Poulton
61 Mugen
M. Cody Poulton
62 Shintai ,
Peter Eckersall
63 Yugen
Hanna McGaughey
PART VI Indian Languages
64 Introduction
Kedar A. Kulkarni
65 Notes on the Language Editing of the Indian Languages Section
Sarah Merkle-Schneider
66 Abhinaya
Anuradha Kapur
67 A am vis-à-vis Kuttu and Lila
Heike Oberlin
68 Classical
Anurima Banerji
69 Katha
Kedar A. Kulkarni
70 Lokna ya
Vasudha Dalmia
71 Na ak
Aparna Dharwadker
72 Na ya
Saskia Kersenboom
73 Rasa and Bhava
Vinay Dharwadker
74 Riyaz
Ashok D. Ranade
75 V sam
Hanne M. de Bruin
76 Vinyasa
Vinay Dharwadker
77 Yatharthvad
Vasudha Dalmia
PART VII Outlook: Aboriginal English
78 Approaching Indigenous Performance Concepts: Aboriginal Artists Talk About Country
Helen Gilbert and Margaret Werry, with David Milroy, Dalisa Pigram and Wesley Enoch
About the author
Erika Fischer-Lichte is the director of the International Research Center "Interweaving Performance Cultures" at Freie Universität Berlin.
Torsten Jost is an academic coordinator at the Cluster of Excellence "Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective" at Freie Universität Berlin.
Astrid Schenka is a performing arts scholar, dramaturg and translator. She was a research associate at the International Research Center "Interweaving Performance Cultures" at the Freie Universität Berlin (2015-2022) and has been a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts since 2015.
Summary
Investigating more than 70 key concepts relating to the performing arts in more than six non-European languages, this volume provides a groundbreaking research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for theatre, performance, and dance studies worldwide.
