Synonyms
Snap Focus
Introduction
This warm up is to get people listening, responding fast and
reacting without thinking. Everyone gets into a large circle.
Description
One person in the circle picks a random person in circle and
claps at them. Sometimes taking a half step into the circle
while doing so.
The person that was singled out with the last clap
immediately picks another random person out, by clapping at
them. In turn the clapping flies back and forth across the circle.
Ideally there will be a constant clapping noise. Eventually
the
players will be so attentive and so quick to respond it sounds
like one person clapping rapidly.
This warm-up usually ends
when people's hand are denuded of flesh.
Gimmicks
Distractions--those that are not clapping are snapping their
fingers
Variations
Listening can be made harder as the players by allowing
the players to only point to the next person in turn.
Eventually just eye
contact is used as an acknowledged look flies around
the room. Lastly the players stand silent, immobile, and with
their eyes
closed as they telepathically communicate amongst themselves.
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