Maria Vasileia (Amaryllis) Zerva ID#: 110000909
Professor: Mallory Catlett
THR 105
11 December 2014
Viewpoints: An Uninterrupted Lesson in Sustained, Holistic Awareness Leading to Improvisation
Reading through the plethora of information on Anne Bogart’s actor training method, Viewpoints, sweeps the reader away into a maze of experiences, much like the method itself. Floating between the historical background of how the company came into being, inspired by the original idea conceived by choreographer Mary Overlie and how Anne Bogart and the internationally celebrated director Tadashi Suzuki joined their distinctly different visions to create SITI, generates a first sketch that entices one to keep walking deeper into the woods, so to speak, …show more content…
Spatial relationships created through the way the actors move within the space provided by the stage, but also through the relationships generated by the proximity and the contact of their bodies. Kinesthetic Response deals with “time,” and refers to the automatic response to external stimuli. Shape may refer to possible shapes created by the individuals themselves, and/or with others and even with respect to the room’s Architecture. A “Gesture” can be either a behavioral, realistic movement, adopted from everyday life, or even an abstract and symbolic action with a certain underlying meaning and expressive character. A sense of “Repetition” can be created either by repeating a movement over and over again, or by reproducing or replicating movements from others. Architecture is about the structure of the space within which the action takes place and often includes permanent or temporary structures. Tempo and Duration on the other hand have to do with the speed of the action and how long it lasts respectively, an important factor in the pacing and the building of momentum within a performance that is essential to transmitting the intensity of each moment. Topography is also important in conveying a sense of color, pattern and design through which conceptual landscapes are
Professor: Mallory Catlett
THR 105
11 December 2014
Viewpoints: An Uninterrupted Lesson in Sustained, Holistic Awareness Leading to Improvisation
Reading through the plethora of information on Anne Bogart’s actor training method, Viewpoints, sweeps the reader away into a maze of experiences, much like the method itself. Floating between the historical background of how the company came into being, inspired by the original idea conceived by choreographer Mary Overlie and how Anne Bogart and the internationally celebrated director Tadashi Suzuki joined their distinctly different visions to create SITI, generates a first sketch that entices one to keep walking deeper into the woods, so to speak, …show more content…
Spatial relationships created through the way the actors move within the space provided by the stage, but also through the relationships generated by the proximity and the contact of their bodies. Kinesthetic Response deals with “time,” and refers to the automatic response to external stimuli. Shape may refer to possible shapes created by the individuals themselves, and/or with others and even with respect to the room’s Architecture. A “Gesture” can be either a behavioral, realistic movement, adopted from everyday life, or even an abstract and symbolic action with a certain underlying meaning and expressive character. A sense of “Repetition” can be created either by repeating a movement over and over again, or by reproducing or replicating movements from others. Architecture is about the structure of the space within which the action takes place and often includes permanent or temporary structures. Tempo and Duration on the other hand have to do with the speed of the action and how long it lasts respectively, an important factor in the pacing and the building of momentum within a performance that is essential to transmitting the intensity of each moment. Topography is also important in conveying a sense of color, pattern and design through which conceptual landscapes are