1. Anne Bogart By Katie Janner, Alyssa Greenblatt, Braxton Manley

2. The Book We Read Co-written by Tina Landau

3. 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 1992. Currently a professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program

4. ….what are viewpoints?

5. Bogart’s Inspiration

6. Problems with today’s actors The Americanization of the Stanislavsky system Lack of ongoing training “What does the director want?”

7. 9 Physical Viewpoints 1. Tempo 2. Duration 3. Kinesthetic Response 4. Repetition 5. Shape 6. Gesture 7. Architecture 8. Spatial Relationship 9. Topography

8. “Never talk down to your audience”

9. Soft Focus

10. The optimal viewpoint experience:

11. Warm up

12. Ensemble warm up

13. Tempo

14. 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.

15. Duration

16. Duration Exercise Turn off alarm clock. Get out of bed. Look in the mirror. Brush teeth. Deoderant Dress. Shoes. Mirror. Smile. Grab backpack.

17. Kinesthetic Response

18. 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

19. Partners A- Go in for a hug

20. B- Feel A’s biceps and say “smells like rain” in a goblin voice.

21. A- Touch B’s nose very slowly

22. B- Brush past A and walk away

23. Repetition

24. Repetition Exercise

25. Spatial Relationship

26. 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.

27. Topography

28. Topography Exercise 1. Pretend there is red paint on your feet and pretend to paint a picture on the ground. 2. Just meander.

29. Shape

30. Shape Exercise

31. Gesture

32. Gesture Exercise

33. Architecture

34. Architecture Exercise

35. Putting individual viewpoints together

36. Vocal Viewpoints

37. Group Improvisations

38. Working with Music

39. Viewpoints in Rehearsal

40. Composition

41. Something she directed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZczgZwZ GqA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HS1snSD djc&feature=relmfu

42. THE END

43. Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbdtvYMXsaI