Body Language Workshop Activities

Close eyes, then everyone looks across circle at another player and if they make eye contact they scream dramatically and leave the game.

fun warm-up game played in pairs

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

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.

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

message passed without checking to next person

Framework: Consideration for Others x Openness of Communication

Participants practice 4 modes of communication - Aggressive, assertive, passive, passive-aggressive in improv scenario

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.)

People line up in order of birthday and then are assigned status behavior ranking in the same order

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. 

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.