exercise · all tools
Dance with Eyes Closed
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Half the group stands with eyes closed at one side of the room; the others each invite one of them to dance. The sheet puts the responsibility plainly: the person who invites is responsible for their partner's experience — they should enjoy the dance and feel safe. When the music stops the eyes-closed partner is led back to their place and the roles swap.
Hold with care
- Dancing with someone you cannot see, chosen by them rather than by you
- Sustained close contact; consent needs asking for rather than assuming
- The sheet's framing — the inviter is responsible for the other's experience — is the safety rule and should be said out loud to the group, not just read by the leader
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · pairs, large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Materials
- Soft music
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- teatermila.se/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dansa-med-blundande.pdf — Teater Mila — Övningar, open
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Teater Mila, Luleå — Swedish dramapedagogik
In this directory via Teater Mila — Övningar
Related: Blind Dance (variant-of)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31