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Anne Bogart

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

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Anne Bogart

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  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 • Tempo • Duration • Kinesthetic Response • Repetition • Shape • Gesture • Architecture • Spatial Relationship • 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 No, we are not French. We are American because you’re in America okay? Greatest country on the Planet. 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 • Walk around aimlessly and when we clap our hands, stop! • Now walk around, turning only in 90 degree angles. • Jump in and out of peoples personal space.

  27. Topography

  28. Topography Exercise • Pretend there is red paint on your feet and pretend to paint a picture on the ground. • 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=fZczgZwZGqA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HS1snSDdjc&feature=relmfu

  42. THE END

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

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