FRJB24 CAE BODY - WORKSHOP IN BODY EXPRESSION AND DRAMA

1st workshop  - 1) In 2 circles : look a person in the eye and say their first name, remove hesitation, speak faster and faster (change circle if hesitation)  2) Walk around the room, each student says a number, if 2 speak at the same time they start again at the beginning. Same exercise in a circle without walking, closing your eyes  3) From an indication about a type of character : each student has to greet the class in the manner of this character (e,g. military, Olympic champion…) 4) In groups of 7-8 students : invent a slogan together based on a word that the whole group pronounces with conviction  5) Class on a line : one mimes an action but when another asks him what he is doing, he says something completely different that the other will have to mime  6) In groups of 7-8 students : the group makes up a story using a list of words.

2nd workshop - 1) Spread out around the room in pairs : 2 winning rounds of chifoumi, you become the supporter of your pair, thank-you speech from the winners  2) Walk : indicate a way of being, walk with an attitude according to the indication (e.g. neutral, indifferent to others, shy, hypocritical, haughty...) 3) 2 teams : one student from each team mimics a place for their team  4) Get some chairs and stand in a circle : the actress in the centre says a sentence that concerns her (e.g. clothes, tastes, place of residence, etc.), all the students involved in the same sentence change chairs and the one who said the sentence sits down  5) In a circle : one student says a word to another, who responds with a rhyming word. Same exercise using association of ideas. Collective sentence : each student says just one word.

The workshops took place at the beginning of the year, and helped the class to bond together, to get to know each other better, to develop confidence in themselves and in others, to accept the way others look at them and to learn to let go of the impact of that look, but also to learn to take their full place, to dare to occupy more space, to be in a group, etc. The improvisation exercises enabled them to develop their creativity and imagination and to prepare for the unexpected. They were able to understand how the voice (intonation, articulation, flow, volume), facial expressions / gaze, grounding, posture, gestures can make the audience want to continue listening.