Butcher, Rosemary (1997) Choreography in Retrospect 180 minutes

Rosemary Butcher has, for many years, been one of the UK's leading contemporary choreographers, acknowledged particularly for her sense of spatial relationships and for her collaboration with other artists. In 1996/97 a retrospective season of her work was held in London and elsewhere. This DVD-ROM comprises two parts. In the first part, Rosemary Butcher talks of the concerns which inform her work, referring specifically to two choreographies, one early and one recent: Spaces 4 (1988) and Unbroken View (1995). Both choreographies are shown in fill. In the second part, she is seen leading a warm-up and reconstructing an earlier dance: Pause and Loss .1976. (1997)

Castro, Luis (2001) Autobiographical performance installation 80 minutes

Luis Castro is one of Portugal's leading theatre directors. In April 1999 he constructed, in an old Lisbon house, what he terms a "perfinst", concerned with his family's life as "colons" in the Portuguese colonial territory of Mozambique before and during the time of the Portuguese revolution of 1974. The event, which addressed a personal history within a political and social context, was widely acclaimed. This double CD-ROM, researched and edited by Dorinda Hulton, documents, using mpeg compressed video, some 80 minutes of the performance and provides complementary information concerning background, process and artistic concerns. (2001)

Chakyar, Raman (2001) Kutiyattam 81 minutes

Kutiyattam is one of the world's oldest forms of narrative theatre,

employing a recognisable combination of gesture, music and dramaturgy. The practice has been passed down in India over hundreds of years but today there are only some 30 performers still practising this gestural theatre language which lies behind the better known form Kathakali. This DVD-ROM focuses on Raman Chakyar from the Kalamandalam in Kerala as he teaches the performance of a short sequence from the Ramayana. The record was made on the occasion of Chakyar's visit to London as part of the International Workshop Festival. (2001)

Cheechern, Vichit (1999) The Way of the Warrior. 157 minutes

In 1998 the International Workshop Festival, London, produced, on behalf of Asia House, a festival of martial arts, led by a number of the world's leading practitioners. The Arts Documentation Unit recorded three aspects of each of these art forms - the introductory demonstrations given at Sadlers Wells, the workshops given by the artists to each other whilst performing in Germany, and the full performances given in London.

In Volume 2:

Sathyanarayanam (India) Kalarippayattu
Vichit Cheechern (Thailand) Krabbi Krabbong
Herman Suwanda (Indonesia) Pencak Silat

Cirla, Brigitte (1994) Voice Work 90 minutes

Brigitte Cirla was, for several years, a member of Théâtre du Lierre, one of France's most renowned music theatre companies. She now directs the company Voix Polyphoniques based in Marseille. She is both an actress and a voice teacher. In this record, she is seen leading a group warm-up and working individually with the young Welsh singer, Eddie Ladd. The DVD-ROM focuses particularly on the relationship of the jaw to the voice. (1994)