The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition

Bogart, Anne; Landau, Tina

ISBN 10: 1559362413 / ISBN 13: 9781559362412

Published by Theatre Communications Group (edition 1st ed), 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group (edition 1st ed)
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559362413
• ISBN 13: 9781559362412
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and intuitively and to generate bold, theatrical work.

The Viewpoints are a set of names given to certain principles of movement through time and space—they constitute a language for talking about what happens on stage. Coupling this with Composition, which is the practice of selecting and arranging the separate components of theatrical language into a cohesive work of art, provides theatre artists with an important new tool for creating and understanding their art form.

Primarily intended for the many theatre artists who, in the last several years, have become intrigued with Viewpoints yet have had no single source to refer to in their investigations. It can also be used by anyone with a general interest in collaboration and the creative process, whether in art, business or daily life.

About the Author

Anne Bogart is artistic director of the SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She has received two OBIE Awards, a Bessie Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a professor at Columbia University, where she runs the Graduate Directing Program.

Tina Landau, noted director and playwright, whose original work includes Space, Dream True, and Floyd Collins, which received the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, an OBIE Award and seven Drama Desk nominations. She has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1997.