Anne BogartBy Katie Janner, Alyssa Greenblatt, Braxton Manley

The Book We ReadCo-written by Tina Landau

Background InformationDirector of plays and operasBorn September 25, 1951Earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College, followed by a Master of Arts degree from the Tish School of the Arts in 1977Artistic Director of SITI Company in New York, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992.Currently a professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program

.what are viewpoints?

Bogarts Inspiration

Problems with todays actorsThe Americanization of the Stanislavsky systemLack of ongoing trainingWhat does the director want?

9 Physical Viewpoints

TempoDurationKinesthetic ResponseRepetitionShapeGestureArchitectureSpatial RelationshipTopography

Never talk down to your audience

Soft Focus

The optimal viewpoint experience:

Warm up

Ensemble warm up

Tempo

Tempo Exercises

No, we are not French. We are American because youre in America okay? Greatest country on the Planet.

Just say you love really thin pancakes. That is a fair compromise no?

3.I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy.

Duration

Duration ExerciseTurn off alarm clock.Get out of bed.Look in the mirror.Brush teeth.DeoderantDress.Shoes.Mirror.Smile.Grab backpack.

Kinesthetic Response

Kinesthetic Response Exercise1. Use soft focus and walk around space2. Target a subject, follow them around3. Find an additional subject, follow them also

PartnersA- Go in for a hug

B- Feel As biceps and say smells like rain in a goblin voice.

A- Touch Bs nose very slowly

B- Brush past A and walk away

Repetition

Repetition Exercise

Spatial Relationship

Spatial Relationship Exercise

Walk around aimlessly and when we clap our hands, stop!Now walk around, turning only in 90 degree angles.Jump in and out of peoples personal space.

Topography

Topography Exercise Pretend there is red paint on your feet and pretend to paint a picture on the ground.Just meander.

Shape

Shape Exercise

Gesture

Gesture Exercise

Architecture

Architecture Exercise

Putting individual viewpoints together

Vocal Viewpoints

Group Improvisations

Working with Music

Viewpoints in Rehearsal

Composition

Something she directed:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZczgZwZGqA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HS1snSDdjc&feature=relmfu

THE END

Interviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbdtvYMXsaI

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