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 ====== Games to try ====== ====== Games to try ======
-   * +   * https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/whose-line-is-it-anyway-improv-games-ranked.html
 ======= Individual games to warm up ====== ======= Individual games to warm up ======
-  * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Kitty_in_the_Corner.html|Kitty in the Corner]] 
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Squeezer.html|Squeezer]]    * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Squeezer.html|Squeezer]] 
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Energy_1-10.html|Energy 1-10]]: It is better to walk at different speeds   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Energy_1-10.html|Energy 1-10]]: It is better to walk at different speeds
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   * **Abstract Art** FIXME Georgi knows the game and could describe it   * **Abstract Art** FIXME Georgi knows the game and could describe it
   * http://improvencyclopedia.org/categories//Look_and_Listen.html   * http://improvencyclopedia.org/categories//Look_and_Listen.html
 +  * **Talk mirroring**: Two players say the same words at the same time. Who leads and who follows is changed continuously. 
  
  
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 ====== Playing Scenes - Topic: Objects ===== ====== Playing Scenes - Topic: Objects =====
-  * **Scene adding objects by other players**: To players start playing a scene in a normal place with common activities. After a while, the audience, a team member or the moderator adds an object to the scene and it continues until a clear scene is created. [From Georgi's group]+
 ====== Playing Scenes - Topic: Give and take ===== ====== Playing Scenes - Topic: Give and take =====
     * One player starts doing an abstract action in the middle of the circle. Other players go to the centre of the circle and imitate him. Then each player has to say an sentence related to that action. One can be supportive by saying “I will do it for ever”     * One player starts doing an abstract action in the middle of the circle. Other players go to the centre of the circle and imitate him. Then each player has to say an sentence related to that action. One can be supportive by saying “I will do it for ever”
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   * **Talking and moving pairs**; One pair can only move and play an scene. The second one tells what is going on in the scene. This is a variation of [[improv-games_1_with_focus_on_status_games|Puppets]]   * **Talking and moving pairs**; One pair can only move and play an scene. The second one tells what is going on in the scene. This is a variation of [[improv-games_1_with_focus_on_status_games|Puppets]]
   * **In a date watching the public**: Two players are standing watching to the public, they can't turn their heads to see the other player. They are in a date and the moderator propose movements, like giving the salts, opening the shirt, to hold the other one. There is no contact between both players.   * **In a date watching the public**: Two players are standing watching to the public, they can't turn their heads to see the other player. They are in a date and the moderator propose movements, like giving the salts, opening the shirt, to hold the other one. There is no contact between both players.
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 LOL The group enjoyed these games LOL The group enjoyed these games
    * **Honk and bell/ New choice**: two people from the audience with a long marriage should guide two actors on how their first date went using sounds: hong - wrong, bell - right.    * **Honk and bell/ New choice**: two people from the audience with a long marriage should guide two actors on how their first date went using sounds: hong - wrong, bell - right.
-   * http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Triple_Play.html 
-   * http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Armando.html 
    * http://improvencyclopedia.org/categories//Narration.html    * http://improvencyclopedia.org/categories//Narration.html
  
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 ===== Exercises ===== ===== Exercises =====
-  * [[https://improvnonsense.tumblr.com/post/112147611002/exercise-the-stations-pattern-game|Stations pattern game]]: Station 1 is associating, Station 2 is pitching and confirming funny ideas and Station 3 is putting 3 ideas together and giving a title+
  
  
 ===== Playing scenes ===== ===== Playing scenes =====
 +  * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Point_of_View.html|Point of View]]
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Mantra.html|Mantra]]: A mantra like "I am a creature of the world", "I am happy" changes the mood of an scene   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Mantra.html|Mantra]]: A mantra like "I am a creature of the world", "I am happy" changes the mood of an scene
   * [[https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/questions_only|Only Questions]]: Storytelling with questions   * [[https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/questions_only|Only Questions]]: Storytelling with questions
   * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/heldenreise|Heldenreise]] :!: Long Form   * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/heldenreise|Heldenreise]] :!: Long Form
   * **Radio stations**: Every person receives a different kind of radio stations (sports, news, metal music). The moderator then points to someone and he has to talk as he were on a programme.   * **Radio stations**: Every person receives a different kind of radio stations (sports, news, metal music). The moderator then points to someone and he has to talk as he were on a programme.
 +  * **Scene with sounds**: Two person of the audience will make sounds on two microphones while two players play a scene. The players must justify and accept the sounds given to them 
 +  * **Choose your own adventure**: Two players start a scene based on a suggestion. After the place and the characters are established, the moderator freezes the scene and gives two options to the audience. The audience must decide what it comes next. Afterwards the scene continues until the moderator freeze it again and propose two alternatives 
 +     * A variation is **more, less or another thing** which means exagerate, decrease or other object or topic
  
 ======= Playing Scenes - Topic: Status ====== ======= Playing Scenes - Topic: Status ======
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 ======= Playing Scenes - Topic: Spontaneity ====== ======= Playing Scenes - Topic: Spontaneity ======
  
-  * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Goalie.html|Goalie]] accepting an open line and a character+
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Barney.html|Barney]] Naming objects with the same letter   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Barney.html|Barney]] Naming objects with the same letter
-  * [[http://www.familie-kowalski.de/fundus.html#FreezeGeschichte|Freeze Geschichte]] 
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Little_Voice.html|Little Voice]]   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Little_Voice.html|Little Voice]]
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Actor%60s_Nightmare.html|Actor`s Nightmare]]   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Actor%60s_Nightmare.html|Actor`s Nightmare]]
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    * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/arbeitsamt|Arbeitsamt]]: People come to the employment office and want to have a profession which the adviser don't know what it is about    * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/arbeitsamt|Arbeitsamt]]: People come to the employment office and want to have a profession which the adviser don't know what it is about
    * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/Dating_Game.html|Dating game]] with three endowment    * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/Dating_Game.html|Dating game]] with three endowment
 +   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Hijacker.html|Hijacker]]
  
 ======== Games for the DANCE Festival ====== ======== Games for the DANCE Festival ======
    * **Dance with different music**    * **Dance with different music**
-   * **Chinese whisper with dancing**: Players stand in a row all watching in the same direction. The second one turns to the firt one. The first player makes a dance. Now the third player turns and the second player imitates the dance. The game continues until every player has imitate the dance. At the end, the first player does the dance again and everyone laugh about the differences 
   * There are four players on stage: Wenn the music stars, the first player starts dancing with his finger. The second player can move this fingers and arms. The third one the upper body and the last one everything.   * There are four players on stage: Wenn the music stars, the first player starts dancing with his finger. The second player can move this fingers and arms. The third one the upper body and the last one everything.
   * **Last line with intermediate movements**: Three players get strage positions/poses from the audience. They have to play a scene and use every opportunity they have to put themselfs in that pose.   * **Last line with intermediate movements**: Three players get strage positions/poses from the audience. They have to play a scene and use every opportunity they have to put themselfs in that pose.
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 ===== Playing scenes ============ ===== Playing scenes ============
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 +===== Long-form =====
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 +[[http://improvencyclopedia.org/categories//Long_Form.html|Long form games]]