The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition - Softcover

Anne Bogart; Tina Landau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848424132 ISBN 13: 9781848424135

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2014

Synopsis

The essential guide to the most talked about new acting technique since The Method.

Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the post-modern dance world, allowing actors to learn to function spontaneously and intuitively. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, whose ideas have been expanded and developed by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau, adapting them for the use of actors.

About this title

Review:

An extremely good book that offers a lot to anyone seeking to create an exciting new unit for their drama curriculum or add more focus to rehearsals...Veterans and novices of the secondary school drama classroom need this book in their offices and its exercises smattered throughout their schemes of work. In higher education both tutors and their students will have every cause to welcome Bogart's and Landau's insights into the theoretical and practical workings of Viewpoints and Composition. --Drama Research

About the Author:

Anne Bogart founded the SITI Company with Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. Her shows have twice won OBIES (Off-Broadway Tonies).

Tina Landau is a noted director and playwright. Her musical Floyd Collins (with composer Adam Guettel) won an OBIE and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical. She joined Steppenwolf in Chicago in 1997.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1848424132
• ISBN 13: 9781848424135
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240