exercise · all tools

Blind Dance

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone

Half the group stands scattered with their eyes closed. Music starts and the other half each go to someone and dance them around, while the dancer keeps their eyes shut throughout. Partners change three times; at the end the ones who could not see try to guess who their three partners were.

Hold with care
  • Being danced with by someone you cannot see and have not chosen — the pairing is made for you, and the person with their eyes open picks
  • Sustained close contact set to music; consent needs asking for explicitly rather than being assumed from taking part
  • The closing guess makes public who danced with whom, which some people will find the most exposing part

Practical

Time
min
Group
? · large-group
Settings
in-person
Materials
Music
Mechanisms
somatic-awareness, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state · repeatable

Instructions

Where
xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/blind-dans Dramaövningar.se, open
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik

In this directory via Dramaövningar.se

status: checked · added 2026-08-31