1. GENERAL HEADING: Warm-up Exercises

2. TITLE OF EXERCISE: "Ways of Walking"

3. GOALS: To allow states of mind to permeate movement.

4. NUMBER OF STUDENTS: Any number

5. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES: None

6. CLASS TIME NEEDED: 5-10 minutes

7. DESCRIPTION: Group walks at moderate pace around the space you are working in. Leader gives directions on various states of mind to be embodied in walk: peaceful, proud, dejected, in a hurry, tiptoeing quietly, nervous pacing, etc.

8. POINTS FOR DISCUSSION: How movement embodies and communicates states of mind. Which states are more difficult to embody?

9. SOURCE/REFERENCE: Michael Friedman, University of Scranton

10. ADDITIONAL READING: See Moni Yakim, Creating A Character: A Physical Approach to Acting on how to embody a character.

11. VARIATIONS: N.A.