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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Category Die
This is useful as a warm-up and it is also useful in performance even. The exercise forces you to be spontaneous and it also helps you ...
Category Snap
Video example Improv Warm-Ups: Category Snap
Free Association
Introduction This warm-up will help us get into the moment for improvisation, and help us feel easier about being silly. Description T...
Quick Death
A (slightly macabre) exercise for in between times to drive away the tiredness of the players by speed: The players are in a circle. One...
Seven Things
Seven Things is a warm up in which players ask each other to name seven things that fall into a made up category. Anybody may start by ca...
What is a what?
A warm-up game in which rhyme is played quickly. All players line up in a circle and slowly flip a rhythm with their fingers. Player A ...
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 ...