Warm-ups
Before doing sports, you warm up. Every child knows that. Since theatre is also a form of physical work, one should warm up a bit before starting the actual exercises. On the one hand you can prepare yourself physically and on the other hand you can gain distance to the things that have occupied you all day long. There are many ways to shake everything off, clear your head and prepare your body: Catch playing, ball games, singing, stretching exercises, moving to music. Below are a few concrete examples of how to start an exercise session.
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Block of ice
This is a warm-up practice for the beginning of a rehearsal. The players stand quite stiff and immobile like in a block of ice frozen. H...
Call and Reply
Call and Reply All players form a circle. Then they all make a change of pace together with clapping, which sets the basic beat and is ma...
Category Snap
Video example Improv Warm-Ups: Category Snap
Circle Up
During this warm-up exercise, the arms are stretched diagonally upwards and the legs, which are stretched out a little bit off the ground...
Digits
Synonyms Shared counting, countdown, synergy Introduction This exercise is designed to get us all in synch. Get into a tight circle. ...
Emotional Fruit Salad
Video example Improv Warm-Ups : Improv Warm-Ups: Emotional Fruit Salad
Falling
Synonyms Group gravity, trust game Introduction This is a trust game that requires careful listening skills and quick reactions. It is...
Four Corners
Here is another good ice-breaker for the start of the school year or as a funny way to better introduce people with each other. Four Corn...
Last word - first word
Two players can participate in this game A random rule is added. The tricky part is, that in the dialogue between the two, the last w...
Rebrand things
The players walk around the room and name the things in the room. They should touch the corresponding objects. For example, "wall." "Corn...
rhythm exercises
The rhythm exercises include exercises and warm-up games, which contain a rhythmic element. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves In this conc...
Slow-motion Rumble
The players are having a pantomimic brawl in slow motion. The gestures and facial expressions are expansive and often a little exaggerate...
Sword of samurai
Slow motion exercise for 2 or more players. The arms of each player are swords with poisonous points. If a player is hit elsewhere than ...
syllables
Great game to get to know each other and remember the names of the participants. The participants form a circle. The first person says h...
Ten Fingers
It's a nice icebreaker game. The participants form a circle and hold all ten fingers high in the air. Now the participants ask questions,...
touch palms
Two players are involved in this exercise. One goes first, the other follows. Again and again, the one in front stops (and of course the ...
Truth and lie
A game (also a name game) to get to know each other. All players line up in a circle. Then everyone tells their names and two things. One...
Walking with speed levels
Players are distributed in the room. The task is to walk every which way through the room at increasing speeds. The leader announces "Ste...
Yes, let's
A great warmup for group collaboration and to practice saying yes especially for improv beginners. Everybody walks around the room. One ...
ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano
A warmup and concentration exercise for at least 3 players. The group forms a circle. There are three impulses: - Zoom: A "Zoom" can be ...