In duo, one person starts in a neutral 'floating' position, waiting for a touch on the body by the other. When feeling the touch of the other, it can be thought of as a drop of ink, spreading in a body of water, acting as an impuls to engage in …
After warming up the body with several movement exercises, one can start by (for example) taking the others into a scenario such as organising and having a dinner party. You could begin in the supermarket, deciding together who to invite and what to cook. Back home, you are getting everything …
Take the opportunity to feel your own body with your hands. While walking or standing still, try to cover every body part, holding, feeling, scratching, squeezing, the moment is yours.
Negative space is a concept widely used across the arts, referring to the empty space, the space that is not filled. When moving your body, you constantly define new spaces with your body parts. By having your legs apart, you create a space inbetween, just as by holding your arms …
Stand up, stand still or walk around, lift your arms up and breathe in simultaneously. Stretch your body and breathe out when dropping the arms down. Do that 5-10 times and by the end, easily let the arms fall and take that swinging motion to start an improvisation.
Stand up and shake of your day. Shake your complete body, altering in shake-intensity. Shake as hard as you have to, or as little as you'd like.
After warming up the body with several movement exercises, one can start by showing the others how they used to bake bread (or any other activity), physically showing every step of the baking process. The others mirror the actions. Now it's up to the one who's showing, to ask someone …
Start with exploring the relation between hips and upper body by holding one hand under the belly, and one the chest. Now shift the focus completely on your legs, stretching out the individual toes, heels, ankles and knees, involving each of those in a little dance. First, keep your chest …
With one hand, hold your forearm firmly. Now make a fist and tension your arm with all of your strength. Try to move the tensed arm around and perform a little fist-choreo while keeping it tight. Then let go. Soften your arms but hold your hand up, performing a new …
Stand in a neutral position, with both of your feet under your shoulders, keeping the arms relaxed. With or without closed eyes, let your head make a small back and forward tilting motion, letting your neck and spine follow, imitating the movement of a wave. Go back and forth at …
If your current mood was a state of the sea, what would it be? Calm, misty, a light breeze or heavy waves and wind? Interpret that bodily and empathise with that big mass of water. Stay in it for some minutes to then change to a different state of the …
Free yourself of any bags or anything your carrying. Now just walk. Start off with thinking how your mother walks. Or your father or brother. How do they walk and can you imitate that? Once you think you have it, you can really exaggerate, making your walks sillier and sillier …
Stand firmly on your two feet. Start rocking your body back and forward. Now stretch your limbs and start with waking up your whole body. Can you feel the way your arms are connected to your torso through your shoulders? Now oil your joints. Move your fingers, wrists, elbow and …
Lift up your arms in a floating position and imagine that from the tip of your hand, inside your body, a smooth oily ball starts rolling wherever gravity will take it. Play with the ball and let it travel through your body, leaving via your shoulders through your torso into …
Lay on the ground and let your body sink into the floor for a moment. With your heels touching the floor, push them into the floor, pointing your feet slightly towards you. Repeat this movement back and forwards and let your complete body join the rocking. Feel how the movement …
Stand still and breathe. Keeping your feet on the ground, move your torso in different directions. After a minute, slow down until you can't feel wether you are moving or not. Now place one hand just above the pubic bone and the other hand on the chest. Discover the agency …
With or without music, let everyone take a moment to find their movement. Now try to keep track of eachother and follow (mirror/interpret/...) the person with the most obvious moves. Does it influence the collective movement aesthetic? Allow for taking over and handing over the lead. After a few …
Cut a two meter (or shorter) piece of string and tie it around the middle of a matchstick at each end. Let one person hold one of the matchsticks between their fingers and give the other end of the string to someone else. Do this until everyone's hands are connected …
When inside a room, position yourself in front of an open window. Listen to what is there. What do you observe, what are you hearing? Is there a specific sound or noise which gets your attention? Try to take in that sound by producing the same tone vocally, but softly …
Start with finding your own slowness in movement. What happens with the positioning of your body? Make eye contact with someone in the room and allow yourself to sync to their movement. If you think you are going slow, go even slower. How slow can you go? And does slowness …
Imagine one of your body parts being connected to another one. It could be your hand to your foot, but also your hips to your elbow or head. The envisioned connection can be linear (through a rope), rather elastic or even inverted, as long as there is a connection between …