WARM UP
I am Me
the concept of I AM ME from the first session but each individual faces a wall and says I AM ___at the same time. When the "Wall of sound" is built , the participants then face inward or to each other while looking at them in the eye.
-take one of the statements said from I AM ME and dance it making a pathway.
-dance it while running.
-follow someone while dancing.
-dance someone else's pathways
- draw how you feel.
BODY AWARENESS
Magic Aura
with a partner, one freezes into a shape and the other must free them by not touching them and going over them slowly with their hands. if they touch, they must begin again. switch after freeing.make complex shapes. eyes closed after the first go.
GROUP AWARENESS
Reed in the Wind
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Follow My Dance
One person does movement, the other that follows repeats the movement and adds another.
Follow My Dance II
The group is split into threes. they must make a short phrase from the movements from the previous exercise. They then show it to the group. The group will then say what images, thoughts, feelings it brought about. The next group can take feelings displayed/movements and incorporate into theirs.Develop the phrase by
-merging with another group
-draw the dance on paper. dance the drawing
-discover an emotional quality or expressiveness to the dance, dance its opposite.
-give the dance a voice. it has an identity
ENDING
Lie on the floor and center one's self by breathing deeply and reflecting on the session.
After 2 minutes, everyone sits up and does a shape that reflects how they feel and a word that conveys their feeling. People can choose to draw how they feel as well.
