Anne Bogart (born September 25, 1951) is an American theatre and opera director. She is currently one of the Artistic Directors of

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, which she founded with Japanese director

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in 1992. She is a professor at

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where she runs the Graduate Directing Concentration and is the author of four books of essays on theater making: ''A Director Prepares''; ''And Then, You Act''; ''What's the Story''; and ''The Art of Resonance''. She is a co-author, with

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of ''The Viewpoints Book'', a "practical guide" to

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training and devising techniques. ''Conversations with Anne'', a collection of interviews she has conducted with various notable artists was published in March 2012. Bogart's influence is felt throughout the contemporary theatre: through the widespread adoption of SITI's training methods of

and Suzuki, her oeuvre of groundbreaking productions, and her guidance at SITI and including at Columbia University of such diverse talents as Pavol Liska,

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, Brian Swibel, and many others.

Awards and recognition

In 2018 London University awarded Bogart a Leverhulme Professorship.

References

*Bogart, Anne. 2001. ''A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre''. London: Routledge. . *Bogart, Anne. 2007. ''And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World''. London: Routledge. . *Bogart, Anne and Tina Landau. 2005. ''The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition''. New York: Theatre Communications Group.. *Dixon, Michael Bigelow and Joel A. Smith, eds. 1995. ''Anne Bogart: Viewpoints''. Career Development Ser. Lyme, NH: Smith and Kraus. . *Lampe, Eelka. 2001. "SITI – A Site of Stillness and Surprise: Bogart's Viewpoints Training Meets Tadashi Suzuki's Method of Actor Training." in ''Performer Training: Developments Across Cultures''. Ed. Ian Watson. Contemporary Theatre Studies Ser. London: Harwood Academic Publishers. . p. 171–189. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogart, Anne 1951 births Acting theorists American opera directors Female opera directors American theatre directors Bard College alumni Columbia University faculty LGBT theatre directors American LGBT writers Living people Postmodern theatre Theatre practitioners Tisch School of the Arts alumni LGBT people from Rhode Island People from Newport, Rhode Island Women theatre directors

Awards and recognition

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