VIEWPOINTS and LABAN for DEVISING
Sunday 26th July, 2026 10am - 5pm Spaces are limited.
COST - $120 (or Earlybird $100 if payment is received by June 30th)
VENUE: Goodwood Theatre and Studios,166 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood, Adelaide
For more information or to register email: tinacmitchell@gmail.com
This full day immersive workshop will share with participants:
· an introduction to the vocabulary of the Viewpoints
· an understanding of Laban’s Motion Factors
· expert guidance to apply these creative tools in the creation of devised work.
Ideal for performers, theatre makers or teachers looking for a unique, inspiring, collaborative and fun approach to group performance building. Participants will explore quality of movement through Laban and experience the Viewpoints as an ensemble building, improvisation practice and develop a practical language and process for creating dynamic stage moments.
The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that emerged from the modern dance world. First articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie who analysed two dominant elements of performance - time and space - her approach has since been adapted for actors by director Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. The Viewpoints are used as an ensemble-building tool, giving performers an awareness of the power of their physical expression and to create dynamic stage moments. During this practical workshop participants will be introduced to the individual Viewpoints and investigate the elements of time and space to make bold and considered theatrical choices. A strong understanding of physical language in relationship to fellow performers, the performance space and the audience will be developed.
Coupled with Laban’s motion factors, which explore qualities of movement, participants will also discover how meaning can be interpreted through movement and the body’s placement in space. The day’s work will culminate in a short, devised piece of physical composition.
ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTIST
Tina Mitchell - A New York based theatre artist Tina works internationally as an actor, director and teaching artist. She trained with the SITI Company for over 15 years, is a SITI Associate and has performed with the company on several occasions. Tina was Assistant Director to Anne Bogart on their production of Antigone and taught SITI drop-in classes in person and online. She has also trained with the Suzuki Company of Toga, and has taught at many international institutions including Barnard College for Columbia School of the Arts, Atlantic Theater School - New York, NYU, Universidad Javeriana – Colombia and is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Long Island University. She has worked for companies in different capacities including Spain’s La Fura dels Baus, the English National Opera, SITI Company, the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall and The Brooklyn Philharmonic. Tina, was a cast member of Punchdrunk’s Obie Award Winning Sleep No More and appeared in The Event of a Thread with SITI Company at The Park Avenue Armory. Tina has performed with The Metropolitan Opera on Wozzeck and Lulu, both directed by William Kentridge and was part of the acting ensemble for Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, also at The Metropolitan Opera and Palau de las Artes in Valencia Spain. Her one woman show For Tender has had two seasons in NYC and a successful run at Teatro del Garaje in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2025 she understudied Emmy Award winning actress Sandra Oh in a speaking role in La Fille de Régiment, again for The Metropolitan Opera. As an independent theatre artist, Tina specializes in making work that fuses text, movement and music and has performed in some of the leading Arts festivals in the world. She was part of the Artistic team behind Miss Julia, a bi-lingual adaptation of Strindberg’s classic play, which premiered at the Iberoamericano Festival de Teatro de Bogotá and has been performed in Festivals across Colombia, Italy, the United States and Spain. She created the title role of Mata Hari, in the interdisciplinary opera of the same name, which premiered in the 2017 Prototype Festival in NYC and had a subsequent season for Westedge Opera in San Francisco. Her work has been performed in Festivals and theatres worldwide including La Mama NYC, the Napoli International Arts Festival, the Iberoamericano Festival de Cádiz in Spain, Steppenwolf Theatre, the Manizales International Arts Festival, The Singapore Fringe and the Australian Festival for Young People to name a few. For more information visit www.tinacmitchell.com.
