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CPR Links
LOCATED IN WALES working nationally and internationally
CPR has got to know many different types of performance organization around the world. Here are just some of the artists and companies we think you should also be taking a look at.
Archives
Arts Archives (www.arts-archives.org)
Arts Documentation Unit videos recording the processes involved in contemporary arts practice.
Bristol Theatre Collection (www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection)
The UK's oldest collection of theatre books, journals and memorabilia,
Grotowski Centre (www.grotcenter.art.pl)
Leading centre for the study of Jerzy Grotowski's work and legacy.
Exeter Digital Archives (www.spa.ex.ac.uk/drama/research/exeterdigitalarchives/welcome.html)
Exeter University Drama Department Archives
Assorted Performance Links
Aberystwyth Arts Centre (www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk)
Wales' largest arts centre outside Cardiff and a venue for a number of CPR events.
Copenhagen International Theatre (www.kit.dk)
Copenhagen International Theatre is a nonprofit independent cultural organization, with the aim of presenting international theatre, dance and performance in Copenhagen.
Zuni Icosahedron (www.zuni.org.hk)
An independent cultural collective working in alternative theatre and multi-media performance; and also active in video, sound experimentation and installation arts.
Ableza (www.ableza.org)
A Native American Arts and Film Institute.
Exit Culture (www.exitart.org/exitculture/)
An online performance magazine dedicated to New York culture.
A Spell In Time (www.spellintime.fsnet.co.uk)
A UK-based Bulgarian myth and folklore storytelling and performing arts group.
The Grotowski Centre (www.grotcenter.art.pl)
The Centre for Study of Jerzy Grotowski’s Work and for Cultural and Theatrical Research.
International Workshop Festival (www.workshopfestival.co.uk)
Organizes workshops with international artists.
The Live Art Archive (art.ntu.ac.uk/liveart)
The Live Art Archive holds information about existing Live Art/Performance Art materials, records and publications primarily in England and the UK.
Tim Etchells (www.timetchells.com)
Tim Etchells is an artist and writer best known for his work as director of the UK performance ensemble Forced Entertainment. He has also collaborated with a wide range of other artists to create works in diverse media and contexts.
This website is about his visual art practice and writing outside of Forced Entertainment. The site includes an on-going notebook blog that covers fragments of news, writing and pictures from current projects and ideas.
The Ashden Directory (www.ashdendirectory.org.uk)
A website devoted to environmentalism and the performing arts. It features a daily blog, news, interviews, and reviews, as well as a searchable directory of companies, performers, storytellers and artists who work with environmental themes.
Critical Theory
Performance Research Journal (www.performance-research.net)
Performance Research is created through ARC, a division of CPR (in collaboration with Dartington College of Arts) and distributed by Routledge Taylor and Frances.CPR's Artistic Director, Richard Gough is General Editor alongside co-founders Ric Alsopp and Claire McDonald.
The Hydra - Critical Theory Website (www.hydra.umn.edu)
Much critical theory on a wide variety of figures.
Semiotics for Beginners (www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html)
Just what it says in the title. An introduction to the theory of semiotics.
Film and Television
Black Film Center/Archive Home Page (www.indiana.edu/~bfca/index.html)
The BFC/A is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
EUROPA CINEMAS (www.europa-cinemas.org/en/index.php)
EUROPA CINEMAS is a cinemas' network supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by: European Commission (Brussels), Centre National de la Cinématographie (Paris), Euręka Audiovisuel (Brussels), Eurimages (Council of Europe - Strasbourg), French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Paris).
The British Film Institute (www.bfi.org.uk)
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a publicly funded body, receiving a substantial part of its funding direct from central government. It is also supported statutorily and voluntarily by the film and television industry in the United Kingdom.
American Film Institute (www.afi.com)
The website of the AFI, gallery, awards, information, showcases and history.
Funders
Arts Council of Wales (www.artswales.org.uk)
Wales' leading arts funding agency.
Network
Performance Studies International (www.psi-web.org)
Performance Studies International is a professional association founded in 1997 to promote communication and exchange among scholars and practitioners working in the field of performance.
Our Partners
Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies, AU (www.aber.ac.uk/tfts)
CPR moved to Aberystwyth in 1994 to begin a joint venture with Aberystwyth University - working through the Theatre, Film and Television Studies Department.
Te Puna Toi (www.drama.canterbury.ac.nz/tepunatoi)
Te Puna Toi (Performance Research Project, New Zealand) has been established by the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Canterbury to provide a centre in New Zealand for the production of and research into performance and film for artists and scholars in New Zealand and internationally. Te Puna Toi has been developed in close collaboration with CPR.
Publications
New Welsh Review (www.newwelshreview.com)
New Welsh Review brings you the very best new writing from Wales. Vibrant, engaging and unashamedly intelligent, each quarterly magazine features writing talent from the literary heavyweights to rising new stars. From literary criticism, fiction, poetry and book reviews to theatre, performance, film and art, New Welsh Review casts a challenging, exuberant eye over the literary scene in Wales.
The Drama Review (www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/dram?cookieSet=1)
TDR provides a forum for writing about performances and their social, economic, and political contexts.
Theatre
Pan Theatre (www.pantheatre.com)
Voice-led theatre company run by Enrique Pardo and Linda Wise in Paris.
PME (www.pme-art.ca)
Montreal based experimental theatre company. Jacob Wren from PME will be leading a workshop with CPR in 2006, as part of the Summer Shift.
UK Theatre Web (www.uktw.co.uk)
A resource for theatre in the UK.
LIFT (www.liftfest.org.uk)
Now offering international performance events on a year round basis.
Tara Arts Group (www.tara-arts.com/HTML/aboutus.htm)
A site focussing on London based Tara Arts Group including information about past, current and future projects.
The Rachel Rosenthal Company (www.rachelrosenthal.org)
An intensely physical company, developing from Rachel's "Doing by Doing" philosophy.
Artfull Circle Theatre (www.actsf.net)
A blend of the enthusiasm and directness of drag performance with traditional theatre values.
Forced Entertainment (www.forcedentertainment.com)
An ensemble of artists based in Sheffield, UK, working together since 1984 to make original devised theatre and related projects in other artforms.
Theatre Topics (muse.jhu.edu/journals/tt/index.html)
A theatre publication devoted to issues of concern to practitioners.
WWW Virtual Library - Theatre Section (vl-theatre.com)
Theatre links, theatre image archives, professional, academic, recreational and more...
Scarlet Theatre (www.scarlettheatre.co.uk)
Experimental London based theatre company.
Theatre-link.com (www.theatre-link.com)
More theatre links...
Maisternia Pisni (www.maisternia.com.ua)
Maisternia Pisni is an artistic research and education centre based in Lviv, Ukraine. Organized along the lines of a medieval guild, its artistic activity lies at the intersection of theatre and traditional music.
International University Global Theatre Experience (www.iugte.com)
IUGTE is the non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 2000 by the group of experts in the field of social science, culture and art.
The organization was established with the purpose of exploring the bridge between world theatre traditions and contemporary performing arts, developing international programmes, promoting multicultural dialogue, supporting the freedom of creative expression and tolerance through the acquaintance with the diversity of world traditions.
Training
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (www.rwcmd.ac.uk)
One of the UK's leading conservatoires offering theatre and music training opportunities and a partner in CPR's Giving Voice festival.
Northern Actors Centre (www.northernactorscentre.co.uk)
Serving the theatre and broadcasting professions in the North of England.
Voice
British Voice Association (www.british-voice-association.com)
A useful site with book reviews, forthcoming events and details about how to join this influential association.
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