Circle of Gestures

Instructions

Stand in a circle. Someone starts by passing a gesture and sound/ phrase around the circle.

Level 1

Try to replicate the gesture and sound exactly as it goes around the circle so that it gets neither bigger nor smaller and doesn't transform in any particular way.

Level 2

Vary something every time you pass the gesture and sound along. You could vary

  • the gesture
  • the sound
  • the energy

Level 3

Try to escalate so that each gesture and sound is larger than the one before.

Level 4

Try to de-escalate the impulse so that each gesture and sound is quieter and more focussed than the one before.

Teaching notes

Participants must always copy the gesture of the person just BEFORE them - no going back to the root gesture. Play fair.