Viewpoints

Rate of speed at which a movement occurs; how fast or slow something happens onstage

• tempo

• repetition

• speed

• kinesthetic response

the physical environment in which you are working and how awareness of it affects movement

• tempo

• setting

• architecture

• topography

how long a movement or sequence of movements continues

• tempo

• duration

• repetition

• kinesthetic response

a spontaneous reaction to motion which occurs outside of you

• physical response

• repetition

• kinesthetic response

• motivation

repeating something onstage

• kinesthetic response

• repetition

• repetitive motion

• duration

contour or outline the body makes in space

• form

• shape

• topography

• spatial relationship

a movement involving a part or parts of the body; has a beginning, middle, and end

• shape

• gesture

• kinesthetic response

• duration

the distance between things or people onstage

• topography

• spatial relationship

• architecture

• shape

The landscape, the floor pattern, the design we create in movement through space

• topography

• spatial relationship

• shape

• gesture

Viewpoints is a philosophy translated into a technique for

(1) training performers; (2) building ensemble; and (3) ????

• directing

• creating movement through space

• finding the motivation of your character

• developing emotional awarness