Originally the "Saratoga International Theater Institute," SITI was founded in 1992 by Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki to redefine and revitalize contemporary theater in the United States through an emphasis on international cultural exchange and collaboration.
Humphrey Bogart | Queen Anne | Anne, Princess Royal | Anne Boleyn | Anne Murray | Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Anne Frank | Anne Waldman | Anne of Green Gables | Princess Anne | Anne Sofie von Otter | Anne Hathaway | Anne Rice | Anne | Anne of Austria | Saint Anne | Queen Anne, Seattle | Anne Heche | Anne Arundel County | Mary Anne Hobbs | Anne-Marie Albiach | Anne Carson | Anne of Denmark | Anne Tyler | Anne Bogart | Anne Arundel County, Maryland | Georgie Anne Geyer | Anne of Cleves | Anne-Marie Johnson | Queen Anne style architecture in the United States |
Among her many collaborators and associates are Anne Bogart (SITI Co.), Diane Paulus, Tina Kronis and Richard Algers, George Balanchine, Caryl Churchill, Max Stafford-Clark, Simon Curtis, André Gregory, Antoinette LaFarge, Judith Malina, Larry Moss, Mike Nichols, George Morrison, Sabrina Peck, Abraham Pulido, Richard Schechner, Paul Sills, Tadashi Suzuki and Robert Wilson.
In their book, The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition, Anne Bogart and Tina Landau identify the primary Viewpoints as those relating to Time - which are Tempo, Duration, Kinesthetic Response, and Repetition - and those relating to Space - which are Shape, Gesture, Architecture, Spatial Relationship and Topography.
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Originally developed in the 1970s by choreographer Mary Overlie as a method of movement improvisation, The Viewpoints theory was adapted for stage acting by directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau.