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Earthfall Dance Company Archives
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Earthfall Dance Company Archives

  • GB 0210 EARTHD
  • Fonds
  • 1985-2015

Papers of and relating to Earthfall Dance Company, comprising material relating to individual stage productions; workshops and residencies; tours, festivals and events; awards; funding; annual reviews; correspondence; and miscellaneous material.

Earthfall Dance Company

General works

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.

Stage productions

Material relating to productions staged by Earthfall from 1984 to 2015, including solo productions by Earthfall co-founder Jessica Cohen. Items include theatre programmes, posters, flyers and tickets; creative and stage notes/directions; and press notices and reviews.

Miscellaneous material

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.

Tails East, Heads West

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.

Orchid Flower Blanch

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.

Earthfall

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.

Tours, festivals and events

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.

Workshops and residencies

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.

Correspondence

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.

Funding

Papers relating to funding, the main sources being the Arts Council of Wales and the British Council.

Funding

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.

Awards

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.

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