Viewpoints Technique for the Bold Actor

Name: Viewpoints Technique for the Bold Actor
Start: 2025-12-14T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-14T22:00:00-05:00
Location: 410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI

Schedule

Sun Dec 14 2025 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI | Ann Arbor, MI

Viewpoints Technique for the Bold Actor
December 14, 2025
6:00-10:00 pm
Led by Kat Walsh
Viewpoints is an improvisational training system that develops an actor’s awareness of their body in relation to time and space, using these elements to create meaning on stage. It offers a shared vocabulary for ensembles, encouraging collaboration and freeing performers to take risks and make bold, imaginative choices. The Six Original Viewpoints were first identified by postmodern choreographer and theatre artist Mary Overlie through her process of deconstruction, and were later expanded and applied to theatre-making by directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau as a method for devising and staging new work.
In this course, Kat Walsh will introduce participants to the fundamentals of Viewpoints, adapting the curriculum to meet the familiarity and skill level of those registered. The practice is done barefoot and emphasizes full physical engagement; participants should dress comfortably for a wide range of movement. The class requires a minimum of ten students and can accommodate up to twenty.
Workshop Date: December 14, 2025
6:00-10:00 pm
Theatre NOVA (The Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor)
Tuition: $40 per student
*Sliding scale and scholarships available (first come, first served via Google Form application: https://forms.gle/paoVV2Rw6wi9a38u8)
Why Join?
*Learn the fundamentals of Viewpoints
*Connect with other local artists
*Explore your creativity in a supportive and collaborative space

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Kat Walsh is a director, choreographer, and intimacy director in SE Michigan. She studied theatre at the University of Notre Dame and studied Viewpoints/Suzuki through SITI Company workshops and a master class with Anne Bogart and, later, Deborah Black (steward of Mary Overlie's work). Select directing, intimacy, choreography/movement credits include: Jorge Luis Borges Gives a Lecture on Anatomy (Theatre Nova), Every Brilliant Thing (Open Book Theatre), Kairos (Theatre Nova), Cabaret (A2CT), Red (Open Book), King Lear (A2CT), Summer and Smoke (Wayne State University), Les Miserables (Tecumseh Youth Theatre), Urban Flow (U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival). She is currently working on her certification for intimacy direction through the Intimacy Directors and Coordinators.