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Material relating to general works of Jessica Cohen (and others) prior to the founding of Earthfall Dance Company. Items comprise press notices; and printed theatre programmes and flyer.

Tails East, Heads West, a performance combining dance, music, word and image, was inspired by Jessica Cohen's study of t'ai chi ch'uan in Taiwan in 1984. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; press notices; printed arts magazines; and reviews.

Material relating to the first production to be staged by Jessica Cohen, Jim Ennis and their colleagues in the spring of 1989. Earthfall incorporated dance, martial arts and film media and its success prompted Cohen and Ennis to found the company named after their debut show. Items comprise printed theatre programmes; printed performance ticket; creative notes; overview of show, with cast biographies; and reviews.

Material relating to Earthfall co-founder Jessica Cohen's second solo work, Orchid Flower Blanch. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; printed booklets containing poetry in Mandarin with English translation; reviews; and postcards showing still photograph of Jessica Cohen.

Material relating to Earthfall's 2002 production House #1.

Papers relating to funding, the main sources being the Arts Council of Wales and the British Council. Items comprise revenue and funding applications; accounts and expenses; Welsh arts literature; and correspondence.

Material relating to Hodē Galatan, a multi-media production which combined ancient Greek song with contemporary images and movement in depicting a narrative of love and war. The show, premiered in Wales in 2003, was the product of a collaboration between Earthfall and Polish performance company Chorea which began a long-standing partnership between the two groups. Items comprise printed theatre programme and flyer; stage notes/directions; and creative notes.

Bakkus, an exploration of fanaticism and cultism, was Earthfall's third collaboration with Poland's Chorea theatre company and toured in both Wales and Poland. The production drew mainly from Euripides' The Bacchae and incorporated choral music derived from traditional and ancient sources. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, booklets and flyers; creative notes and notes on Euripides' Bacchae; song lyrics; and credit listing.

Material relating to Earthfall's annual reviews, 1994-1999, 2005-2006.

Letters, emails and postcards of appreciation, 1990-2007 + n.d., to Earthfall from audience members from Britain and Europe; and letters, 1997-2005 + n.d., to Earthfall from more official sources, including Glenys Kinnock, MEP and Taliesin Arts Centre, University of Wales, Swansea.

Material relating to Gravitas, a multi-media performance of dance, film, text and live music set against a backdrop of urban dereliction. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, flyers and posters; details relating to film accompanying production entitled Gravitas - Postcards; printed invitations to reception and showing of Gravitas - Postcards; copy of Golwg magazine; creative notes; audience feedback; and reviews.

Produced in 2009/10, Gig chronicles the turbulent events in the life of a rock band, incorporating dance, live music and film. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, tour programme and flyers; creative notes and stage notes/directions; and musical score.

Influenced by the underground arts scene of late 1950s/1960s New York City, The Factory utilised a multi-media approach of dance, image, film and live music. The production was premiered in 2010. Items comprise printed arts programmes and flyers; stage design notes and creative/background notes; and previews and reviews.

Papers relating to workshops and residencies arranged and facilitated by Earthfall. Items comprise printed programmes, flyers and poster; press cutting; draft school residency proposal; outlines of residency schedules; and submitted work by and correspondence from students.

A short experimental work whose title and inspiration was taken from an anthology of poetry and prose by art critic and novelist John Berger. Incorporating song and film, the production was a collaboration between Earthfall and the Welsh Independent Dancers and Man Act theatre companies. Items comprise printed performance ticket; publicity notice; and creative notes.

Material not directly related to Earthfall stage productions, workshops, funding, awards, etc. Items include printed theatre programmes, flyers and posters; press notices; magazines; Wales Theatre handbook; printed prospectus for Dartington Hall College of Arts; details relating to theft of funds by Earthfall employee, 1998; folders bearing Earthfall logo; Earthfall business cards; biographical material; and printed performance tickets.

Material relating to British, European and US tours and festivals in which Earthfall participated. Items include printed programmes, posters, postcards, flyers, tickets and newsletters; press notices; tour and performance schedules; performance contract; passport; and correspondence.

Earthfall's 2013 production Chelsea Hotel, a poetic tragicomedy incorporating dance, live music and film, captured the lives and loves of some of the best-known residents of this iconic establishment. The show toured Wales and England and received the Wales Theatre Award for Best Small Scale Dance. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; creative notes; stage notes/directions; and reviews. Creative notes and reviews kept in folders.

Material relating to awards won by Earthfall or for which they were nominated, including the Bafta Cymru Film & Television Awards, the BBC Wales Arts Awards and the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards. Items include details regarding shortlisted entries, invitations, programmes and tickets.

After the Birds/Po Ptakach was the product of collaboration between Earthfall and Polish theatre company Chorea, continuing the long-standing partnership between the two groups. Drawing on Aristophanes' comedy The Birds, the production combined ancient Greek choral song, contemporary music, vigorous dance, live music and film. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, posters and flyers; performance tickets; stage notes/directions; creative notes; printed volume charting the history of Chorea; article relating to Jim Ennis and Jessica Cohen; press notices; and reviews, including one featured in Planet magazine, October/November 2005 (bookmarked with printed Earthfall business card).