1 – The Scope of ‘Performing Arts’ 6 2 – A Relatively Neglected Field 8 3 - In this issue 12 4 – A Retrospective Overview (1986-2017) 13 Thematic Bibliography (1986-2017) 14 1. General presentations of Tibetan music or performing arts 14 2. Music in a religious context 16 3. Monastic dances (’cham[s]) 21 4. Literary ‘songs’: mgur by Milarepa, mad yogins, the 6th Dalai Lama and other meditative ‘song’-poems 25 5. Verbal arts: speeches, proverbs, folk tales19, comedy, lama mani 26 Separate section on storytelling in Bhutan 31 6. The Gesar Epic 32 7. Drama, a lce lha mo 36 8. Descriptions of ‘spectacular’ lay rituals, klu rol 40 9. Traditional/folk songs and dances 41 10. Pop music, world music and contemporary genres 46 11. Cinema, films, videos 52 12. Broadcast media: television, radio 53
