Exercises

In todays lesson the company got to know each other better as we know its important to feel comftable and able to work within a company. We did serval exercise in cladding the name game, ball game, human knot and colombian hypnosis. I'm going to explain two of the games we played and how i think it benefited me and the group.

The human knot
We began by standing in a circle facing in wards, we observed who was standing to our right and to our left and then crossed our hands over and held the hands of the people next to us. We then had to turn ourselves around so that the whole circle were no longer crossing over but just linked by hands. At first i thought this would be an easy exercise because it seemed fairly straight forward however, it wasn't. Parts of the circle were getting twisted which lead us to have to work to gather to untangle each other wether that be through stepping over each others arms, or moving so that others could have the freedom to move.

I learnt from this exercise i learnt that when communicating together as a group we must all listen to each other but also step back when you think others have the best solution to the problem. This would be helpful during the process of this project as there may be times were we create pieces in small groups and you have a mixture of ideas or have to work together as an ensemble knowing timings and queues etc.

Colombian Hypnosis
In this exercise we paired up with someone from a different strand that we might not know as well, held our hand in front of theres and lead them. Following your partners palm was difficult at times because you had to be aware of the others in the room whilst remaining focused on that one focal point. It was interesting how you had to communicate with your partner non verbally, you find yourself just connecting with that other persons energy and noticing there movements. As a whole i think the group started becoming closer and trusting each other more at this point. I certainly felt more relaxed with my partner after as we had just shared an experience together. Exercises like this are key to developing the companies sense of togetherness and trust.