Anne Bogart By Katie Janner, Alyssa Greenblatt, Braxton Manley
The Book We Read Co-written by Tina Landau
Background Information Director of plays and operas Born September 25, 1951 Earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College, followed by a Master of Arts degree from the Tish School of the Arts in 1977 Artistic Director of SITI Company in New York, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in Currently a professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program
….what are viewpoints?
Bogart’s Inspiration
Problems with today’s actors The Americanization of the Stanislavsky system Lack of ongoing training “What does the director want?”
9 Physical Viewpoints 1. Tempo 2. Duration 3. Kinesthetic Response 4. Repetition 5. Shape 6. Gesture 7. Architecture 8. Spatial Relationship 9. Topography
“Never talk down to your audience”
Soft Focus
The optimal viewpoint experience:
Warm up
Ensemble warm up
Tempo
Tempo Exercises 1.No, we are not French. We are American because you’re in America okay? Greatest country on the Planet. 2. 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 Exercise Turn off alarm clock. Get out of bed. Look in the mirror. Brush teeth. Deoderant Dress. Shoes. Mirror. Smile. Grab backpack.
Kinesthetic Response
Kinesthetic Response Exercise 1. Use soft focus and walk around space 2. Target a subject, follow them around 3. Find an additional subject, follow them also
Partners A- Go in for a hug
B- Feel A’s biceps and say “smells like rain” in a goblin voice.
A- Touch B’s nose very slowly
B- Brush past A and walk away
Repetition
Repetition Exercise
Spatial Relationship
Spatial Relationship Exercise 1. Walk around aimlessly and when we clap our hands, stop! 2. Now walk around, turning only in 90 degree angles. 3. Jump in and out of peoples personal space.
Topography
Topography Exercise 1. Pretend there is red paint on your feet and pretend to paint a picture on the ground. 2. 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: GqA djc&feature=relmfu
THE END
Interview