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At The Table
Warm Up
Group Meshing
Breath / Voice
Movement
Improvisation
Online
12/6/4
Aim of practice: this exercise cultivates listening and responding in the moment both individually and in a group
Number of participans: 4 minimum, the more the better
Time: 20+ min
A minute problem
Aim of practice: improvise a monologue under time pressure
Number of participans: 1 + audience
Time: 2 min (for one)
Balance with eyes shut
Aim of practice: balance and capacity for reactions to outside impulses
Number of participans: 2+/couples
Time: 10+ mins
Building statues
Aim of practice: training the precision and delicacy of movement and of movement memory
Number of participans: 1+
Time: 10 mins (+time the presentation takes - depends on the number of participants)
Collective soundscapes
Aim of practice: Group meshing in sound
Number of participans: 2 - ∞
Time: at least 10 min
Construction of a movement vocabulary with a juggling ball
Aim of practice: construction of movement vocabulary
Number of participans: 1
Time: 20 min
Debating Jesuits
Aim of practice: creating a meaningful discussion, exploring the topic, creating new material, connecting the group
Number of participans: 2+
Time: 30 min +
Depression
Aim of practice: group connection, reflex development
Number of participans: 6 +
Time: 10 min +
Description of a Painting
Aim of practice: can serve as introductory sketching of images surrounding future piece
Number of participans: 3+
Time: 30 mins
Develop/Continue
Aim of practice: getting rid of self-censorship, the road to improvisation
Number of participans: 2
Time: 10+ mins
Don't move!
Aim of practice: activation of actors and training of the fight 'man against man'
Number of participans: 3 +
Time: 5 min
Don’t let anything disturb you
Aim of practice: Develop the capacity for concentration in a disturbing surrounding.
Number of participans: 2 (plus the group watching)
Time: 10+ mins
DON’T THINK!
Aim of practice: warmup and relaxing the brain
Number of participans: 2+
Time: 5+ mins
DON’T THINK! 2
Aim of practice: warmup and relaxing the brain
Number of participans: 2+
Time: 5+ mins
Dubbing
Aim of practice: group improvisation, encouragement of creativity, communication
Number of participans: 3 +
Time: 10 min +
Emotag
Aim of practice: warm-up
Number of participans: 4+
Time: 10 mins
Family portrait
Aim of practice: Group adapting the mood to current atmosphere.
Number of participans: 5
Time: 10+ mins
Find the common chair
Aim of practice: Connection between actors
Number of participans: 3+
Time: 5min
Follow the impuls
Aim of practice: Connection between partners
Number of participans: 2+/couples
Time: 40 min
Guess the gesture!
Aim of practice: improvisation on the basis of audience reactions
Number of participans: 3+
Time: 5 - 10 mins
Interrogating the character
Aim of practice: developing the character
Number of participans: 4+
Time: 15+ mins
Interrogating the character
Aim of practice: developing the character
Number of participans: 4+
Time: 15+ mins
Lies, lies!
Aim of practice: nimbleness in verbal improvisation
Number of participans: 2+/couple
Time: 10+ mins
Live photos
Aim of practice: improvisation, development of situations, group imagination
Number of participans: 1 +
Time: 10 min +
Mexican massage
Aim of practice: releasing tensions of the unconscious and meshing with the group
Number of participans: 1 and the group
Time: 2 minutes for 1 person - all members of the group should have a go
Movement chess
Aim of practice: relationship in space and dramatic situation
Number of participans: 2 (+audience)
Time: 10+ mins
No ball
Aim of practice: warm up, swiftness, movement, game
Number of participans: 6 +
Time: 10 min +
One actor, multiple directors
Aim of practice: improvisation in a situation, memory exercise
Number of participans: 3+
Time: 20 mins
One among all, all around one!
Aim of practice: tuning the energy of the group before performing
Number of participans: 2
Time: 5 mins
Poses on one leg
Aim of practice: becoming present, bringing concentration to the body, getting more moving, mastering the centre
Number of participans: 1+
Time: 8 - 15 min
Reader’s digest
Aim of practice: developing your story in a group
Number of participans: 2+
Time: 10+ mins
Reconstruction
Aim of practice: warm-up, spontaneous creation of the structure
Number of participans: 5 +
Time: 10 min +
Shaking
Aim of practice: training, relaxing the body, discovering new movements
Number of participans: 40 mins
Time: 2+
Show your environment
Aim of practice: building context for the character
Number of participans: 2+/ exercise in couples
Time: 15+ mins
Something truly awkward
Aim of practice: separating verbality from nonverbality
Number of participans: 1+ audience
Time: 5+ mins
Swords and spears
Aim of practice: warm up
Number of participans: 4+
Time: 10 mins
Taste the Space
Aim of practice: settling within the space, ideal for the beginning of rehearsals in a new space and calming the energy
Number of participans: ad lib
Time: 30 mins
The Movement Chain
Aim of practice: warming up before rehearsal, releasing tension and shyness
Number of participans: 3+ (the more, the merrier)
Time: 10 mins
The shooter and the shield
Aim of practice: becoming present, concentrating on the partner, movement warm-up
Number of participans: 3+ (the more participants the more intriguing it becomes)
Time: 3 - 5 minutes
The Tree
Aim of practice: get the body moving, realise the centre, activating the natural breathing
Number of participans: 1+
Time: 5 - 10 mins
The Winking King
Aim of practice: group connection
Number of participans: 6 +
Time: 15 min
Three chairs
Aim of practice: intuitive meshing of the group of actors
Number of participans: 3
Time: 10 mins
Thrown into the action
Aim of practice: improvising in an unexpected situation
Number of participans: 1+ audience
Time: 5 min (for one)
Why?
Aim of practice: quick response to a question, submerging to the deeper layers of a subject
Number of participans: 3+
Time: 10 mins
Why?
Aim of practice: group perception, verbal alertness
Number of participans: 10 +
Time: 10 min +
Word for word
Aim of practice: Stir up the ability of shared imagination through speaking
Number of participans: 2+
Time: 10 mins