Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints
by Jess Plewe
Theatre Unit Objective: Students will use their bodies to communicate meaning using Anne Bogarts Viewpoints, by devising a nonverbal performance based on a fairytale.
Learning Level: Drama 1, Basic Theatre
Prior Experience Needed: None (being a human)Theatre Unit Standard: L1.T.P.4: Use body to communicate meaning through space, shape, energy, and gesture.
Other Standards Addressed, But Not Formally Assessed:
- TH:Cr3.1.I.a. Practice and revise a devised or scripted drama/theatre work using theatrical staging conventions.
- TH:Pr4.1.II.a. Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable drama/ theatre work.
- TH:Pr5.1.I.a. Practice various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.
- L1.T.R.8: Apply appropriate theatre terminology to describe and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of one's own or the group's work.
- L1.T.R.7: Identify and explain why artistic choices are made in a drama/theatre work.
Understanding By Design
Theatre Big Ideas:
- Performance basics
- Collaboration
Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand that…
- How we use our body conveys who we are.
- Meaning comes from words and other nonverbal cues.
Essential Questions:
How does your physicality affect what people see and think about you?
- How do we physically portray character?
- How do body language and other non-verbal cues change the meaning of our communication?
- Where does meaning in performance come from?
Key Knowledge/Skills:
Students will know…
Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints of Time and Space
The difference between realistic and abstract movement
Students will be skilled at…
Embodying Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints of Time and Space
Identifying how meaning is created through movement
Movement-based storytelling
Performance Tasks:
- Viewpoints of Time and Space Quizzes
- Viewpoints Worksheet
- Viewpoints Analysis
- Fairy Tale Performance