m Edited for clarity and to present the topic more neutrally. "Indescribably powerful," and claiming to "profoundly enable" feel a bit too prescriptive to do the subject balanced justice.
'''Viewpoints''' is a movement-based pedagogical and artistic practice<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Overlie |first=Mary |title=Standing in Space: The Six Viewpoints Theory & Practice |publisher=Fallon Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-5136-1361-1 |edition=1st |___location=Billings, Montana |pages=vii |language=English}}</ref> that provides a framework for creating and analyzing performance by exploring spatial relationships, shape, time, emotion, movement mechanics, and storytellingthe materiality of the actor's body. Rooted in the ___domain of [[Choreography (dance)|dance composition]], the Viewpoints operate as a medium for thinking about and acting upon [[Motion (physics)|movement]], [[gesture]], and the creative use of space.<ref name="BogartLandau2004">{{cite book |author1=Bogart |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yk_6CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |title=The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition |author2=Landau |first2=Tina |date=1 August 2004 |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-5593-6241-2 |___location=New York |pages=7–12}}</ref>
Viewpoints practice and theory profoundly enables access to inspiration and creativity through its distinct focus on the materiality of the actor's body, as well as the elements of the theatrical event.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Perucci |first=Tony |date=16 February 2015 |title=Dog Sniff Dog |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2015.991598 |journal=Performance Research |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=109 |via=Tandfonline}}</ref> The Viewpoints, if practiced and conceptually integrated in performance composition, are found to be indescribably powerful and effective in all areas of investigation of, and for making art. In the simplest form, it is a theatrical practice for improvisation.
