Anne Bogart: Notes and Findings :)

Hey Benji!

You ever heard of Anne Bogart? I hope you haven't, or this will be incredibly repetitive and long for you.

Let's start with a bit of a clip from her main squeeze, the SITI Theatre Company in NYC.

Now, here are some notes i got after doing a bit of research (note: still waiting on getting the Viewpoints book itself, and therefore the web was my main source).

ANNE BOGART

1.                   Overlie’s Viewpoints on Movement

a.     Space

                                                              i.      Architecture (scenery, etc.)

                                                           ii.      Spatial Relationships (Distance between objects, etc.)

                                                         iii.      Topography (how movement over scenery occurs)

b.     Shape

                                                              i.      Shape (how bodies/objects appear, contour, etc.)

                                                           ii.      Gesture (either realistic or metaphorical movement)

c.     Time

                                                              i.      Tempo (how fast/slow something is onstage)

                                                           ii.      Duration (How long an action lasts)

                                                         iii.      Kinesthetic Response (Instinctive reaction to outside stimulus)

                                                         iv.      Repetition (Internal/External pattern of something being repeated

d.     Emotion

                                                              i.      Happy, sad, angry etc.

e.     Movement

                                                              i.      Quick/slow, smooth/jerky, etc.

f.      Story

                                                              i.      How all the little elements work together

2.                 Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints for Actors

a.     Regarded all of Overlie’s but selected a few as the ones for theatre

                                                              i.      SPACE

1.       Shape

2.     Gesture

3.     Architecture

4.    Spatial Relationships

5.     Topography

                                                           ii.      TIME

1.       Tempo

2.     Duration

3.     Kinesthetic Response

4.    Repetition

b.     Added a new Viewpoint

                                                              i.      VOCAL

1.       Pitch

2.     Dynamic

3.     Timbre

c.     Considered Viewpoint not just a physical practice, but also spiritual, philosophical, etc.

d.     Bogart Practice with the SITI Theatre Company 

                                    A LINK TO ANNE'S BLOG

                         http://siti.groupsite.com/blog   

                         

ENJOY! Finally, a closing video of students using the viewpoints method to explore physically. VERY interesting....

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