exercise · all tools
The Arms
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Two people, one standing close behind the other with their arms through the front person's armpits, so that the back person's arms appear to be the front person's — who hides their own behind their back. The person behind says nothing and only gestures; the person in front speaks and has to keep track of what their borrowed arms are doing.
Hold with care
- Standing pressed against another person with arms through their armpits, held for the length of the scene — the site files it under Kroppskontakt, and that is right
- The person in front cannot control what the arms attached to them do, which is the joke and also a real loss of control over how they are seen
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, behavioral-rehearsal, creative-expression
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/armarna — Dramaövningar.se, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik
In this directory via Dramaövningar.se
status: checked · added 2026-09-01