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 Furǧa فرجة in Arabic, for example, or Jiadingxing 假定性 in Chinese, Gei 芸 in Japanese, Ìparadà in Yorùbá and Imyeon 이면 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 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 Bíọ́dún Jéyifò 4 Notes on the Language Editing of the Yorùbá Section M. Cristina Boscolo 5 Eré Philip Adédọ̀tun Ògúndèjì 6 Egúngún M. Cristina Boscolo 7 Oríkì Karin Barber 8 Àlọ́ Níyì Ọ̀ṣúndáre and Bíọ́dún Jéyifò 9 Ìjúbà Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ 10 Ìparadà Philip Adédọ̀tun Ògúndèjì 11 Ẹ̀gùn Gígùn Dúrótoyè A. Adélékè 12 Òde Olú Ọbáfẹ́mi 13 Ìwà Lẹwà and Ọmọlúwàbí Olúfémi Táíwò 14 Ààbọ̀ Ọ̀rọ̀ M. Cristina Boscolo PART II Chinese 15 Introduction Shen Lin 沈林 16 Notes on the Language Editing of the Chinese Section Stefan Christ 17 Xiju 戲劇 and Xiqu 戲曲 Siyuan Liu 18 Xiqu Hangdang 戲曲行當 and Yan Ma Tian Mansha 田蔓莎 and Yan Ma 19 Piaoyou 票友 Zhang Nan 20 Chang 場 Zhang Nan 21 Chengshi (Hua) 程式化 He Chengzhou 何成洲 22 Jiadingxing 假定性 Huang Jue 黃覺 23 Kongling 空靈 Stefan Christ 24 Qi Yun 氣韻 Yin Qiuyan 尹秋艳 25 Xu 虛 and Shi 實 Wang Ankui 王安奎 26 Xieyi 寫意 and Xieshi 寫實 Siyuan Liu 27 Shen 神 and Xing 形 Kuan-wu Lin and Siyuan Liu PART III Arabic 28 Introduction Khalid Amine خالد أمين 29 Notes on the Language Editing of the Arabic Section Heba Tebakhi هبة طباخي 30 Furǧa فرجة Khalid Amine خالد أمين 31 Faḍāʾ فضاء Nora Amin نورا أمين and Fadil Jaf فضل جاف 32 Al-Ḥalqa الحلقة Khalid Amine خالد أمين 33 Ǧasad جسد Nora Amin نورا أمين , Khalid Amine خالد أمين and Fadil Jaf فاضل الجاف 34 Adāʾ أداء /Tamṯīl تمثيل Lina Saneh لينا صانع 35 Ḥakawātī حكواتي Shams Eldin Younis Nagmeldin شمس الدين يونس نجم الدين and Khalid Amine خالد أمين 36 Maqām مقام Edward Ziter 37 Drāmātūrǧyā Rukḥiyya دراماتورجيا ركحية Khalid Amine خالد أمين 38 Masraḥ Šaʿbī مسرح شعبي Nora Amin نورا أمين and Khalid Amine خالد أمين 39 Masraḥ Mustaqill مسرح مستقل Nora Amin نورا أمين , Khalid Amine خالد أمين , Shams Eldin Younis Nagmeldin شمس الدين يونس نجم الدين 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 원형 CedarBough T. Saeji and Ah-Jeong Kim 43 Gut 굿 Kim Hyunjung 김현정 44 Nori 놀이 Esther Kim Lee 45 Puri 풀이 Kim Jeongsuk 김정숙 and Ah-Jeong Kim 46 Han 한 (恨) Shim Jung-Soon 심정순 47 Madang 마당 / Pan 판 Choi Jae-Oh 최재오 48 Gulsin 굴신 (屈伸) CedarBough T. Saeji and Jan Creutzenberg 49 Sori 소리 Haekyung Um 50 Bak 박 (拍) Chan E. Park 51 Imyeon 이면 (裏面) Tara McAllister-Viel PART V Japanese 52 Introduction Stanca Scholz-Cionca and Nanako Nakajima 中島那奈子 53 Notes on the Language Editing of the Japanese Section Hanna McGaughey 54 Gei 芸 Nanako Nakajima 中島那奈子 55 Hana 花/華 Hanna McGaughey 56 Jo-Ha-Kyū 序破急 Andreas Regelsberger 57 Kata 型 Andreas Regelsberger 58 Ma 間 Yamashita Yoshiteru 山下純照 59 Mitate 見立 Yamashita Yoshiteru 山下純照 60 Monomane 物真似 and Riaru リアル M. Cody Poulton 61 Mugen 夢幻 M. Cody Poulton 62 Shintai 身体, 神体 Peter Eckersall 63 Yūgen 幽玄 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 Āṭṭam vis-à-vis Kūttu and Līlā Heike Oberlin 68 Classical Anurima Banerji 69 Kathā Kedar A. Kulkarni 70 Loknāṭya Vasudha Dalmia 71 Nāṭak Aparna Dharwadker 72 Nāṭya Saskia Kersenboom 73 Rasa and Bhāva Vinay Dharwadker 74 Riyāz Ashok D. Ranade 75 Vēṣam Hanne M. de Bruin 76 Vinyāsa Vinay Dharwadker 77 Yathārthvād 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
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.
