ABSTRACT
Audiovisual documentation of theatrical performance and embodied practice has existed for nearly a century, yet we are only just beginning to seriously explore its hermeneutics. The pieces in this section grapple with the epistemological relationship between embodiment and audiovisuality. In this excerpt, I undertake a close reading of a high-level practice research outcome, here archived in a now-outdated multimedia format: the printed book with bundled CD-ROM. Examining the different types of audiovisual material inscribed on that disc (performance documentation, training demonstrations, and documentary footage) and focusing on the relationship between what is seen and what is heard, I point to the specific affordances of the audiovisual medium for documenting embodied research. 1
