Body Language Workshop Activities

In a circle Person 1 mimes an activity. The next person asks them 'what are you doing" and they respond with something different. Then person 2 begins doing that activity.

The activity is aimed so that community or group grows closer and forms bonds through listening to each other's hearts.

A fun and interactive way for participants to use their body language and get to know each other a bit.

Group game that plays with the tension between following your desires vs. running away from your fears. 

2 players improvise a scene, and make distinct strong physical and vocal choices.

Then the roles are reversed, and each player plays the other's character, in the same scene, same location.

The following activities are part of dance and theatre therapy methods and they are intended to explore body movements and create connections within the group.

One person turns to the person next to them & makes a sound & motion,
person 2 responds with complementary sound & motion.
play is passed around the circle (2 to 3, etc.)

One at a time, people add to create a moving, noise-making machine. 

One person mimes an activity and the next person asks 'what are you doing' They then answer with a different activity that the asker then mimes.

Players walk in different ways as prompted by the instructor

Silent exercise. Three modes of walking at the top of the exercise: neutral walk, fast/hurried walk, slow walk. Then add full stop, then stop & jump, then any mode. Whole group responds when it changes.