In the Studio 3 Build a heightened state of alertness

Here are a few starting points for creating ensemble:

Build a heightened state of alertness

With your whole group, all of whom should be hungry to give and hungry to receive, move around the space, eyes wide and alive. One person clicks their fingers purposefully and intentionally at someone. They should make eye contact and use clear, purposeful movement to ‘pass’ that click physically as well as through the sound it makes. Pass the click from one person to another. (One person clicks with intent at someone else. That person then passes it on to someone else, and so on.  Make sure you receive the click as physically as it is given. ‘Catch it’ between your hands, or use your eye level as if you’re following it in the air.

If the passing of the click becomes casual, up the stakes by replacing the click with a physical item: a stick, a potato, a boot, an egg (!)

Add more layers to this game. If you’re using one stick to pass around, you could then add multiple sticks. Everyone should always know where the stick (or the click, or the object)  is: that’s the focus.