Physical Expression Mime low cohesion group Sample — pending final import
Puppets / Marionettes
Physical readiness, imagined body control
Source: Adapted from Viola Spolin, Improvisation for the Theater, p. 60
Preparation
- Clear a space large enough for players to stand at arm’s length from each other.
- Pair players. One in each pair is the puppeteer, the other is the puppet (or marionette).
Facilitation
- Puppets stand loose-limbed, waiting. Puppeteers imagine strings running from the puppet’s head, hands, elbows, knees, and hips up to their own hands.
- Puppeteers lift and lower the imagined strings. Puppets respond as if the strings were real.
- After a minute, prompt puppeteers to try walking their puppet across the room; then to try a small gesture — waving, bowing, picking up an imagined object.
- Swap roles.
Evaluation
- Puppeteers: what did you notice about the puppet’s weight? When did the movement feel most alive?
- Puppets: when did you have to imagine the string on your own, ahead of the puppeteer? What did that require of your body?
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