The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and intuitively and to generate bold, theatrical work.

The Viewpoints are a set of names given to certain principles of movement through time and space—they constitute a language for talking about what happens on stage. Coupling this with Composition, which is the practice of selecting and arranging the separate components of theatrical language into a cohesive work of art, provides theatre artists with an important new tool for creating and understanding their art form.

Primarily intended for the many theatre artists who, in the last several years, have become intrigued with Viewpoints yet have had no single source to refer to in their investigations. It can also be used by anyone with a general interest in collaboration and the creative process, whether in art, business or daily life.

Anne Bogart is Artistic Director of the SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is the recipient of two OBIE Awards and a Bessie Award, and is an associate professor at Columbia University. Her recent works include Alice’s Adventures; Bobrauschenbergamerica; Small Lives, Big Dreams; Marathon Dancing; and The Baltimore Waltz.

Tina Landau, noted director and playwright, whose original work includes Space (Time magazine 10 Best), Dream True (with composer Ricky Ian Gordon) and Floyd Collins (with composer Adam Guettel), which received the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, an OBIE Award and seven Drama Desk nominations. She has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1997.

视点 "是一种从后现代舞蹈界发展出来的即兴表演技术。它首先由编舞家Mary Overlie阐述，她将表演者处理的两个主要问题--空间和时间--分解为六个类别。从那时起，导演Anne Bogart和Tina Landau扩展了她的概念，并将其改编为演员自发和直觉地共同运作，并产生大胆的戏剧作品。

观点 "是对通过时间和空间的某些运动原则的一组命名--它们构成了一种谈论舞台上发生的事情的语言。它与 "构成"（即选择和安排戏剧语言的独立组成部分，使之成为有凝聚力的艺术作品）结合在一起，为戏剧艺术家提供了一个创造和理解其艺术形式的重要新工具。

本书主要是为过去几年中对 "观点 "感兴趣，但在研究过程中又没有单一资料可参考的许多戏剧艺术家准备的。任何对合作和创作过程有兴趣的人，无论是在艺术、商业还是日常生活中，都可以使用它。

安妮-博格特是SITI公司的艺术总监，她与日本导演铃木忠志在1992年创建了该公司。她是两个OBIE奖和一个Bessie奖的获得者，也是哥伦比亚大学的副教授。她最近的作品包括《爱丽丝历险记》、《Bobrauschenbergamerica》、《小生命，大梦想》、《马拉松舞》和《巴尔的摩圆舞曲》。

蒂娜-兰道，著名导演和剧作家，其原创作品包括《空间》（《时间》杂志十佳）、《梦想成真》（与作曲家Ricky Ian Gordon合作）和《弗洛伊德-柯林斯》（与作曲家Adam Guettel合作），该剧获得Lucille Lortel最佳音乐剧奖、OBIE奖和七个戏剧台提名。自1997年以来，她一直是Steppenwolf剧院公司的合奏成员。