Viewpoints in Theatre

Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that provides a vocabulary for thinking about and acting upon movement and gesture. Originally developed in the 1970s by choreographer Mary Overlie, Viewpoints theory was adapted for stage acting by directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau.
Overlie's Six Viewpoints (SPACE, STORY, TIME, EMOTION, MOVEMENT, and SHAPE) are a more logical way to examine movement and work better for analysis. Bogart's Viewpoints work better in a practical way for creating movement. It is telling that Bogart threw out emotion and story, since these issues so dominate the thinking of most actors, there was little need to isolate them as Viewpoints. In Bogart's Viewpoint work, actors are invited to work with isolated issues that are outside of the narrative mindset assumed in most acting training.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewpoints#Emotion