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CPR RESOURCE CENTRE - INTRODUCTION THE CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE IS ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE PARRY WILLIAMS BUILDING: Vacation Closure: August 1st - September 20th 2011 If you need to use the collections urgently during this period please contact Amy on mws@aber.ac.uk and the CPR Office (see below) Monday ---------- CLOSED Tuesday ---- 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 17:30 Wednesday ---- 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 17:30 Thursday ----- 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 17:30 Friday ------------ CLOSED Appointments are not necessary but feel free to make research enquiries in advance by calling the Resource Centre on (01970) 622024 or e-mailing Amy Staniforth at the CPR on mws@aber.ac.uk CPR Collections has subscribed to The National Archives Standards for Record Repositories which requires us to develop a new collection and appraisal policy, obtain professional curatorial advice, and guarantee public accessibility. We welcome any comments and suggestions about this process and about any of the collections described here and on the Collections page accessed from the navigation bar. THE RESOURCE CENTRE CONTENT The CPR Resource Centre is an internationally recognised reference library and archive of books, journals, CDs, videos and photographs focusing on theatre and performance from around the world - contemporary and traditional, global and local - emphasizing the physical, visual and interactive aspects of theatre rather than approaching it from a literary perspective. It promotes a dynamic exchange between scholarship and practice in the expanding field of performance. It is interdisciplinary and international in scope and aims to be an active and contributive resource for contemporary theatre research, practice and scholarship. The Printed Collection specializes in contemporary visual and experimental performance; the traditional, ‘classical’ and folk culture of Asia, Africa and the Americas (especially India, China, Japan and Indonesia) as well as twentieth century theatre, dance, Live Art and performance (particularly from Europe, the Americas and Australasia but also including Asia and Africa). The Audio-Visual Collection has a wide range of instrumental and vocal music from world cultures and documents the work of contemporary theatre groups and practitioners that emphasize the performer and their physical abilities, and the traditional and codified forms of theatre from around the world that place the performer (actor/dancer/singer) at the centre of their work. Its importance is based on the range of material from other cultures, continually added to both by the work of CPR (conferences, workshops, festivals, performances and lectures) and by gifts and purchases. The Video Collection of the Resource Centre is substantial: over the last thirty five years CPR has tracked the techniques, training, processes and thinking that inform performance practice across a wide range of contemporary and traditional forms, both in this country and abroad. In addition to videos collected globally, there are some 500 audio-visual tapes, generated at source, documenting the proceedings of the many seminal festivals, workshops, lectures and conferences organized by the CPR, such as international conferences - Past Masters, Points of Contact, Performance Studies International and Towards Tomorrow; international festivals – Restless Gravity; Giving Voice and our international summer school - The Summer Shift. We are a reference only library therefore users are not permitted to borrow any of the material from the Centre, nor copy any audio visual footage. We are in process of inputting our catalogue into the online Aberystwyth University Voyager library system. In the meantime you can download a list of our video collection by clicking on the link below. If you have any questions about books, journals and video holdings within the CPR Resource Centre or in any of our other collections (see Collections in the navigation bar), or would like to make an appointment to use the resources, please contact Amy Staniforth. We are always looking for and delighted to receive donations to our collections with the aim of making as much material as possible available to our members. If you have material you would wish to house in the collections, such as, books, dvds or print documentation then we would be delighted to discuss this further with you. CPR Collections is looking for volunteers to help make its collections accessible to the public. If you are interested in: theatre, performance, dance, or history, scenography, art and design, or would just like to improve your office skills, confidence or archival experience please contact us or follow this link for further details: Volunteer positions with CPR Collections To join the CPR mailing list please contact us by email, giving your first and last name. |
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