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Take a look at this excerpt from my foreword:

"In February 2005 I was selected and invited to audition for the MFA Directing Program of Columbia University in the City of New York. What I realized during the 2-day audition process, led by Anne Bogart, was that I had found myself immersed into a theatrical, and, more broadly speaking, artistic environment that I had never imagined could exist: in that world, every second counted, every person was creative, generous and significant, and every inch of the space surrounding us was filled with tremendous opportunity. “Even if I’m not admitted”, I thought after the transcending experience was over, on the plane back to Athens, “I know that my artistic life has changed anyway.”
What I did not know was that the immersive 2-day audition was essentially an intensive Viewpoints and Composition workshop. Since the first moment of the workshop, and from the first step I took into the space, I experienced a strange, powerful combination of discipline and liberation; of structure and exhilaration. These are fundamental notions in Viewpoints and Composition philosophy and training: within a rigid structure, one may find the most productive artistic freedom. Additionally, I felt that all the skills I possessed and training I had acquired through not only my artistic and academic studies, but also throughout my entire life were being called and utilized: my whole (artistic and other) self was invited to be present, listen, respond, study, prepare and, above all, collaborate."

I would like to thank the following individuals without whose help and support this work would not have been made possible:
Elena Pataki (publisher), Antonia Gounaropoulou (editor), Terry Nemeth (publisher), Smaroula Panteli, Alexia Altouva, Yvoni Karidi, Erato A. Kremmyda, Alexia Papakosta, Regina Vorria, Markos Foskolos, Kelly Foskolou, Sergey Trostyanskiy, Nathan Wright.
And, of course, THANK YOU, Anne & Tina.

Το Βιβλίο των Viewpoints στα ελληνικά!

Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά, ενημερώνω ότι η μετάφρασή μου του εμβληματικού Βιβλίου των Viewpoints των Anne Bogart και Tina Landau κυκλοφορεί από τις εκδόσεις Πατάκη!

Για την πολύτιμη βοήθειά τους, χωρίς την οποία η έκδοση αυτή δεν θα μπορούσε να υλοποιηθεί, ευχαριστώ θερμά τους:
Έλενα Πατάκη (εκδότρια), Αντωνία Γουναροπούλου (επιμελήτρια), Terry Nemeth (εκδότη), Σμαρούλα Παντελή, Αλεξία Αλτουβά, Υβόνη Καρύδη, Ερατώ Α. Κρεμμύδα, Αλεξία Παπακώστα, Ρεγγίνα Βορριά, Μάρκο Φώσκολο, Κέλλυ Φώσκολου, Sergey Trostyanskiy, Nathan Wright.
Και φυσικά ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ την Anne και την Tina.

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 17/12/2020

https://www.tanea.gr/print/2020/12/17/lifearts/to-theatriko-sympan-ton-viewpoints/

Αναδημοσίευση:

HellasJournal.com, 29/12/2020

https://hellasjournal.com/2020/12/i-theatriki-skinothetria-nantia-foskolou-gia-tin-prototipi-techniki-pou-chrisimopiite-stin-ekpedefsi-ton-ithopion/