'Walk As' is great for observing where weight is carried, which part of the body leads, and what emotional/mental shifts occur in the second person to accommodate the walk of the first. After a several of the laps of the hall, have the first person stop and watch the second who will keep walking in the style of the first.The second observes for at least 10-20 seconds before following them copying to the very best of their ability everything the first does when they walk.Ask one person of a pair to start walking how they naturally or normally would.Whatever is observed in their partner they will attempt to copy. Participants will discover what it feels like to go through the world for example, with their head down, with rounded shoulders, head up, without lifting their feet. I'm sure you're familiar with the saying, but have you actively tried copying exactly how another person walks? This is a fascinating, illuminating exercise enabling a glimpse into what it is really like to be in another person's shoes.

This exercise is borrowed from mime, best done in a hall, is good for people of all ages and for maximum impact needs to be done in silence.

Vary the time between your calls to heighten tension.Īnd now for 3 quiet improv games: 3.

Play several rounds applauding new methods of dying - gurgling, choking, weeping etc.

Close the circle up again and start again by calling ' Heads Down'.

Once players are 'dead' they leave the circle.

If any player finds them their stare reciprocated, that is met by another, both players must scream loudly and 'die'. They may not choose someone directly on either side of them.

While their heads are down tell them to choose a person to fixedly stare at when you call ' Heads Up'.

Tell them to drop their heads (' Heads Down') and close their eyes.

Sit your class in a fairly tight circle on the floor.

It encourages bold, exaggerated responses without judgement. You'll find this game an excellent icebreaker for groups of 5 players plus. You'll be amazed by how many players get confused and bewildered and run in the opposite direction! VariationsĪfter they've got the exercise sorted, flummox them completely by calling another animal or word beginning with H for example, horse, hippo, or heffalump.Ĭhange the names the next time you play to Rabbits and Roosters and then call Raddish! 2.

The two meter space between the lines must be there before calling the name of the team that tags.

Make sure no one stands too close to their partner. The team tagging runs straight ahead toward their partner but the team to be tagged must turn around before they run. The key is in the silence before calling, and then in split second reactions. (Note: If the space is very large, that is the side walls are a long way from the middle of the room, mark out boundaries.) Depending on which you call, people in the named team must tag their partner BEFORE they make it to safety on the side of the hall behind them.Explain you will call either Hares or Hounds.Name one team Hares and the other Hounds.Each person should now be opposite another - their partner for the exercise. Line them up in front of you with about a two metres between them.

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