Warm-Ups

Acting 1 Warm-Ups by Christa Vogt

Acting 3 Warm-ups with Christa Vogt

Additional warm-ups with Christa Vogt

Use this warm up to get students not only thinking about the physicality of a character but projection as well.

Use this warm-up sequence with your students as they prepare for class. The teacher or student leader leads the sequence by calling out the name of the exercise.

This warm-up is great to integrate at the beginning of a year or term, to start creating community and cooperation within a class.

This resource has a list and description of six different warm-up games, great for improv groups or any theatre class.

This is a great movement and warm-up game, in which students need to communicate using eye contact as they move and switch spaces.

A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.

A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.

A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.

A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.

Use these exercises when you want to get students up on their feet and moving around the room before your first activity.

This warm-up takes students through the 3 key components of warming up the body before singing: Stretching, Breathing, and Resonator and Articulator exercises.

This resource takes common theatre games and adapts them for a social distanced classroom. You’ll find in many cases that the games are quite similar to their original counterparts. That’s intentional. We want to show how the games you know can be adjusted to fit your new circumstance. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, or create new material for your situation.

Are you looking for a great vocal warm up that will improve their listening skills? Use rounds!

The Vowel Tree is a great warm up because it gets students used to just making sounds and working the entire range from the low end of the voice to the high end. You can find a video demonstration of The Vowel Tree in Lesson Two of the Friendly Shakespeare Course. Watch the video and try the exercise for yourself!

Learn a great vocal warm-up "What a to-do" from DTA instructor Todd Espeland. It promotes diction, projection and breath control.