Viewpoints Book A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition

Name: Viewpoints Book A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition
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ISBN: 9781559362412

ISBN-10: 1559362413

ISBN-13: 9781559362412

Edition: 2004

Authors: Anne Bogart, Tina Landau

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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…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




A history of viewpoints and composition



Viewpoints and composition : what are they?



Viewpoints and composition in contemporary theater



How to begin?



Introducing the individual viewpoints



Putting the individual viewpoints together



Group improvisations



Working with music



Starting to speak



Viewpoints in rehearsal



Introducing composition



Composition toward making original work



Composition toward rehearsing a play



Composition as practice and additional recipes



How to discuss composition work in a group



Composition and related arts



Viewpoints in unexpected places


Afterword : working with SITI Company



Working with the Steppenwolf Ensemble, or an old dog learning new tricks