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.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsGeneral Introduction: Performance-Related Concepts as Epistemic SystemsErika Fischer-Lichte1 In Lieu of a Conclusion: Stimulating Research on Performance-Related Concepts as Epistemic Tools and SystemsTorsten Jost2 Editorial StatementAstrid SchenkaPART I Yorùbá3 IntroductionBíọ́dún Jéyifò4 Notes on the Language Editing of the Yorùbá SectionM. Cristina Boscolo5 EréPhilip Adédọ̀tun Ògúndèjì6 EgúngúnM. Cristina Boscolo7 OríkìKarin Barber8 Àlọ́Níyì Ọ̀ṣúndáre and Bíọ́dún Jéyifò9 ÌjúbàAdélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́10 ÌparadàPhilip Adédọ̀tun Ògúndèjì11 Ẹ̀gùn GígùnDúrótoyè A. Adélékè12 ÒdeOlú Ọbáfẹ́mi13 Ìwà Lẹwà and ỌmọlúwàbíOlúfémi Táíwò14 Ààbọ̀ Ọ̀rọ̀M. Cristina BoscoloPART II Chinese15 IntroductionShen Lin沈林16 Notes on the Language Editing of the Chinese SectionStefan Christ17 Xiju 戲劇 and Xiqu 戲曲Siyuan Liu18 Xiqu Hangdang 戲曲行當 and Yan MaTian Mansha 田蔓莎 and Yan Ma19 Piaoyou 票友Zhang Nan20 Chang 場Zhang Nan21 Chengshi (Hua) 程式化He Chengzhou何成洲22 Jiadingxing 假定性Huang Jue黃覺23 Kongling 空靈Stefan Christ24 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 Liu27 Shen 神 and Xing 形Kuan-wu Lin and Siyuan LiuPART III Arabic28 IntroductionKhalid Amine خالد أمين29 Notes on the Language Editing of the Arabic SectionHeba Tebakhi هبة طباخي30 Furǧa فرجةKhalid Amine خالد أمين31 Faḍāʾ فضاءNora Amin نورا أمين and Fadil Jaf فضل جاف32 Al-Ḥalqa الحلقةKhalid Amine خالد أمين33 Ǧasad جسدNora Amin نورا أمين , Khalid Amine خالد أمين and Fadil Jaf فاضل الجاف34 Adāʾ أداء /Tamṯīl تمثيلLina Saneh لينا صانع35 Ḥakawātī حكواتيShams Eldin Younis Nagmeldin شمس الدين يونس نجم الدين and Khalid Amine خالد أمين36 Maqām مقامEdward Ziter37 Drāmātūrǧyā Rukḥiyya دراماتورجيا ركحيةKhalid Amine خالد أمين38 Masraḥ Šaʿbī مسرح شعبيNora Amin نورا أمين and Khalid Amine خالد أمين39 Masraḥ Mustaqill مسرح مستقلNora Amin نورا أمين , Khalid Amine خالد أمين , Shams Eldin Younis Nagmeldinشمس الدين يونس نجم الدين and Edward ZiterPART IV Korean40 IntroductionAh-Jeong Kim and Haekyung Um41 Notes on the Language Editing of the Korean SectionJan Creutzenberg42 Wonhyeong 원형CedarBough T. Saeji and Ah-Jeong Kim43 Gut 굿Kim Hyunjung김현정44 Nori 놀이Esther Kim Lee45 Puri 풀이Kim Jeongsuk김정숙 and Ah-Jeong Kim46 Han 한 (恨)Shim Jung-Soon심정순47 Madang 마당 / Pan 판Choi Jae-Oh최재오48 Gulsin 굴신 (屈伸)CedarBough T. Saeji and Jan Creutzenberg49 Sori 소리Haekyung Um50 Bak 박 (拍)Chan E. Park51 Imyeon 이면 (裏面)Tara McAllister-VielPART V Japanese52 IntroductionStanca Scholz-Cionca and Nanako Nakajima 中島那奈子53 Notes on the Language Editing of the Japanese SectionHanna McGaughey54 Gei 芸Nanako Nakajima 中島那奈子55 Hana 花/華Hanna McGaughey56 Jo-Ha-Kyū 序破急Andreas Regelsberger57 Kata 型Andreas Regelsberger58 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 Poulton61 Mugen 夢幻M. Cody Poulton62 Shintai 身体, 神体Peter Eckersall63 Yūgen 幽玄Hanna McGaugheyPART VI Indian Languages64 IntroductionKedar A. Kulkarni65 Notes on the Language Editing of the Indian Languages SectionSarah Merkle-Schneider66 AbhinayaAnuradha Kapur67 Āṭṭam vis-à-vis Kūttu and LīlāHeike Oberlin68 ClassicalAnurima Banerji69 KathāKedar A. Kulkarni70 LoknāṭyaVasudha Dalmia71 NāṭakAparna Dharwadker72 NāṭyaSaskia Kersenboom73 Rasa and BhāvaVinay Dharwadker74 RiyāzAshok D. Ranade75 VēṣamHanne M. de Bruin76 VinyāsaVinay Dharwadker77 YathārthvādVasudha DalmiaPART VII Outlook: Aboriginal English78 Approaching Indigenous Performance Concepts: Aboriginal Artists Talk About CountryHelen 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.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsGeneral Introduction: Performance-Related Concepts as Epistemic SystemsErika Fischer-Lichte1 In Lieu of a Conclusion: Stimulating Research on Performance-Related Concepts as Epistemic Tools and SystemsTorsten Jost2 Editorial StatementAstrid SchenkaPART I Yorùbá3 IntroductionBíọ́dún Jéyifò4 Notes on the Language Editing of the Yorùbá SectionM. Cristina Boscolo5 EréPhilip Adédọ̀tun Ògúndèjì6 EgúngúnM. Cristina Boscolo7 OríkìKarin Barber8 Àlọ́Níyì Ọ̀ṣúndáre and Bíọ́dún Jéyifò9 ÌjúbàAdélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́10 ÌparadàPhilip Adédọ̀tun Ògúndèjì11 Ẹ̀gùn GígùnDúrótoyè A. Adélékè12 ÒdeOlú Ọbáfẹ́mi13 Ìwà Lẹwà and ỌmọlúwàbíOlúfémi Táíwò14 Ààbọ̀ Ọ̀rọ̀M. Cristina BoscoloPART II Chinese15 IntroductionShen Lin沈林16 Notes on the Language Editing of the Chinese SectionStefan Christ17 Xiju 戲劇 and Xiqu 戲曲Siyuan Liu18 Xiqu Hangdang 戲曲行當 and Yan MaTian Mansha 田蔓莎 and Yan Ma19 Piaoyou 票友Zhang Nan20 Chang 場Zhang Nan21 Chengshi (Hua) 程式化He Chengzhou何成洲22 Jiadingxing 假定性Huang Jue黃覺23 Kongling 空靈Stefan Christ24 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 Liu27 Shen 神 and Xing 形Kuan-wu Lin and Siyuan LiuPART III Arabic28 IntroductionKhalid Amine خالد أمين29 Notes on the Language Editing of the Arabic SectionHeba Tebakhi هبة طباخي30 Furǧa فرجةKhalid Amine خالد أمين31 Faḍāʾ فضاءNora Amin نورا أمين and Fadil Jaf فضل جاف32 Al-Ḥalqa الحلقةKhalid Amine خالد أمين33 Ǧasad جسدNora Amin نورا أمين , Khalid Amine خالد أمين and Fadil Jaf فاضل الجاف34 Adāʾ أداء /Tamṯīl تمثيلLina Saneh لينا صانع35 Ḥakawātī حكواتيShams Eldin Younis Nagmeldin شمس الدين يونس نجم الدين and Khalid Amine خالد أمين36 Maqām مقامEdward Ziter37 Drāmātūrǧyā Rukḥiyya دراماتورجيا ركحيةKhalid Amine خالد أمين38 Masraḥ Šaʿbī مسرح شعبيNora Amin نورا أمين and Khalid Amine خالد أمين39 Masraḥ Mustaqill مسرح مستقلNora Amin نورا أمين , Khalid Amine خالد أمين , Shams Eldin Younis Nagmeldinشمس الدين يونس نجم الدين and Edward ZiterPART IV Korean40 IntroductionAh-Jeong Kim and Haekyung Um41 Notes on the Language Editing of the Korean SectionJan Creutzenberg42 Wonhyeong 원형CedarBough T. Saeji and Ah-Jeong Kim43 Gut 굿Kim Hyunjung김현정44 Nori 놀이Esther Kim Lee45 Puri 풀이Kim Jeongsuk김정숙 and Ah-Jeong Kim46 Han 한 (恨)Shim Jung-Soon심정순47 Madang 마당 / Pan 판Choi Jae-Oh최재오48 Gulsin 굴신 (屈伸)CedarBough T. Saeji and Jan Creutzenberg49 Sori 소리Haekyung Um50 Bak 박 (拍)Chan E. Park51 Imyeon 이면 (裏面)Tara McAllister-VielPART V Japanese52 IntroductionStanca Scholz-Cionca and Nanako Nakajima 中島那奈子53 Notes on the Language Editing of the Japanese SectionHanna McGaughey54 Gei 芸Nanako Nakajima 中島那奈子55 Hana 花/華Hanna McGaughey56 Jo-Ha-Kyū 序破急Andreas Regelsberger57 Kata 型Andreas Regelsberger58 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 Poulton61 Mugen 夢幻M. Cody Poulton62 Shintai 身体, 神体Peter Eckersall63 Yūgen 幽玄Hanna McGaugheyPART VI Indian Languages64 IntroductionKedar A. Kulkarni65 Notes on the Language Editing of the Indian Languages SectionSarah Merkle-Schneider66 AbhinayaAnuradha Kapur67 Āṭṭam vis-à-vis Kūttu and LīlāHeike Oberlin68 ClassicalAnurima Banerji69 KathāKedar A. Kulkarni70 LoknāṭyaVasudha Dalmia71 NāṭakAparna Dharwadker72 NāṭyaSaskia Kersenboom73 Rasa and BhāvaVinay Dharwadker74 RiyāzAshok D. Ranade75 VēṣamHanne M. de Bruin76 VinyāsaVinay Dharwadker77 YathārthvādVasudha DalmiaPART VII Outlook: Aboriginal English78 Approaching Indigenous Performance Concepts: Aboriginal Artists Talk About CountryHelen Gilbert and Margaret Werry, with David Milroy, Dalisa Pigram and Wesley Enoch