exercise · all tools
Persson to Karlsson
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Pairs face each other while a caller stands on a chair in the middle naming pairs of body parts to be put together — index finger to forehead, elbow to knee, toe to toe — each held while the next is added. When the caller shouts 'Persson to Karlsson' every pair breaks up and runs for a new partner.
Hold with care
- Accumulating physical contact with one partner, at body parts the caller chooses — the caller's choices are the whole safety question and the sheet gives no guidance on them
- The positions become progressively more tangled and awkward by design
- The scramble for a new partner happens at speed
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- 5–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Materials
- A chair for the caller
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, behavioral-rehearsal
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- teatermila.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/persson-till-karlsso… — 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: Three Noses (alternative-to)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31