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Interlingual Energizers/I like to dance
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I like to dance Ich mag es zu tanzen. Îmi place să … Phenakistoscope 3g07690d.gif 1 medium 6+ 5-20 nothing special free space 5-10 min getting to know each other, ice breaker, introduction to pantomime / acting Let's start with introducing our selfs. I think it's always hard to remember a lot of names at once. In order to remember as many names as possible we're going to connect every name with a movement. Stellen wir uns ein bisschen vor. Ich finde es immer schwierig, mir viele Namen auf einmal zu merken. Damit es ein bisschen einfacher ist, verbinden wir jeden Namen mit einer Bewegung.
I say my name in the following way: "My name is Paul and I like to dance" (I make a movement which illustrates dancing.)
Now everybody repeats what I did.
You (the person next to me) continue in the same way: "My name is … and I like to …"
Ich sage meinen Namen so: „Mein Name ist Paul und ich mag es zu tanzen“ (Ich mache eine Bewegung, die Tanzen illustriert.)
Jetzt wiederholen alle anderen was ich gemacht habe.
Du (die Person neben mir) machst genauso weite: „Mein Name ist … und ich mag …“ Instead of saying what you like you can just make the movement and let the others guess. This emphasizes the theatre aspect.
There is another less theatre-focused version called It itches here.