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{{Other uses|Viewpoint (disambiguation)}}

'''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 storytelling. 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 20052004 |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |year=20052004 |isbn=978-1-559365593-6776241-92 |___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, is 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.

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*[[Time|'''Duration''']]: How long an event occurs over time; how long a person or a group maintains a particular movement, tempo, gesture, etc. before it changes.

*'''Kinesthetic Response''': A spontaneous reaction to a motion that occurs outside of oneself. An instinctive response to an external [[Stimulus (physiology)|stimulus]] (realistic/non-realistic).

*[[wikt:repetition|'''Repetition''']]: a) ''Internal Repetition'': repeating a movement done with one's own body, and b) ''External Repetition'': repeating a movement occurring outside one's body.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bogart |first=Anne |title=The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition |last2=Landau |first2=Tina |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |year=20052004 |isbn=978-1-5593-6241-2 |___location=New York |pages=35-53}}</ref>

==Works cited==

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==Further reading==

* Bartow, Arthur. 2006. ''The Training of the American Actor.'' New York,: Theatre Communications Group. {{ISBN|978-1-55936-268-9}}

* Bogart, Anne. 2001. ''A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre''. London: Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-23832-3}}.

* Bogart, Anne & Landau, Tina. 2004. ''The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition.'' New York: Theatre Communications Group. {{ISBN|978-1-5593-6241-2}}

* Bogart, Anne. 2007. ''And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World''. London: Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-41142-4}}.

* Overlie, Mary. 2016. ''Standing in Space: The Six Viewpoints Theory & Practice.'' Billings: Fallon Press. {{ISBN |978-1-5136-1361-1}}

[[Category:Improvisational theatre]]