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Storytelling

Action emotion detail

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A player tells a story. Three other players give the narrator a sign (touch, sound, gesture) if they want to hear more action, more emoti...

4–4 calm Beginner Intermediate

Advance and Expand

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Introduction This exercise focuses on raising the stakes and exploration of the environment. Please set up a scene. Description The pl...

2–5 calm Beginner Intermediate

Conducted Story

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Introduction Let’s get four or five players in a line and one person to conduct a story. Description The goal of the conducted story i...

4–8 lively Beginner

I got a better idea!

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I got a better idea! 3 players stand side by side, slightly in a semicircle. The middle one starts to tell a story. Every action, every ...

3–3 lively Beginner

One word story

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One-word stories come in several forms: All in a row 4 or 5 players line up in a row. The audience dictates the title of the story and ...

4–8 lively Beginner

Story Solo

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One player stands in front of 4-5 players who are sitting with they backs to the public. The main player starts telling a story for a cou...

5–6 calm Intermediate

Storytelling with movements

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This exercise is played in groups of three. Two players face each other, while a third one stands next to the first player. The first p...

3–3 calm Beginner

Telling a story

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Form two-person teams - both players tell a story together. The first one starts, like, "Let's take a vacation." The second one always ...

2–2 calm Beginner

Walking Backwards

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The "walking backwards into the future" is an exercise, but can also be used as a presentation. One player stands at the front of the st...

1–1 calm Beginner Intermediate