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I am a tree

Änderungen in Version 4 (von improwiki, 06.01.2018 13:14)

  • A very popular exercise, suitable for beginners of improvisation
  • The players stand on the stage/around the room. Player A goes to the middle, strikes a pose and says who or what they represent. For example, he lifts his arms over his head and says "I am a tree." A second player arrives, adds to the picture, and also says who or what he is. A third player enters the scene and completes the suggestions from A and B.
  • Now that the scene is finished, player A leaves the stage taking one of the other players with them. The other player stays on the stage and repeats their sentence (without changing their pose) As a result he offers a suggestion for a new scene.
  • This exercise can take place with any number of players.
  • **Example**
  • - **A:** I am a tree.
  • - **B:** I am the dog who's peeing on the tree
  • - **C:** I am the man whom the dog belongs to.
  • - **A:** (leaves the stage) I'm taking the man with me.
  • - **B:** I am a dog.
  • -It automatically occurs that not only images are portayed, but also figurative representations of abstract concepts.
  • +It automatically occurs that not only images are portrayed, but also figurative representations of abstract concepts.
  • **Example**
  • - **A:** I am a tree.
  • - **B:** I am acid rain (Player B symbolizes rain falling on Player A).
  • - **C:** I am conservation (Stretches an umbrella over Player A).
  • - **A:** (concedes) I am taking Conservation with me.
  • - **B:** I am (acid) rain. (Player B remains standing in the middle)
  • This game can also be extended when building images with multiple players. Then the exercise goes on to build into a machine. For example, a machine that fells a tree and processes it to pencils.
  • ## Video example
  • [Improv Warm-Ups: I Am a Tree](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki2KfWFVtaU)