Warm-Ups
Character Projection Warm Up
Use this warm up to get students not only thinking about the physicality of a character but projection as well.
Class Routines - Warm-up Sequence
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.
Group Up
This warm-up is great to integrate at the beginning of a year or term, to start creating community and cooperation within a class.
Improv Warm Up Games
This resource has a list and description of six different warm-up games, great for improv groups or any theatre class.
Kitty in a Corner
This is a great movement and warm-up game, in which students need to communicate using eye contact as they move and switch spaces.
Meditation: 4-4-6 Count Breathing
A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.
Meditation: Counting Your Breath
A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.
Meditation: Focusing on the Breath
A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.
Meditation: Four Count Breathing
A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.
Moving Warm-Ups
Use these exercises when you want to get students up on their feet and moving around the room before your first activity.
Musical Theatre Vocal Warm-Up
This warm-up takes students through the 3 key components of warming up the body before singing: Stretching, Breathing, and Resonator and Articulator exercises.
Socially Distanced Theatre Games
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.
Ten Rounds For Your Next Warm Up
Are you looking for a great vocal warm up that will improve their listening skills? Use rounds!
The Vowel Tree
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!
Vocal Warm-up
Learn a great vocal warm-up "What a to-do" from DTA instructor Todd Espeland. It promotes diction, projection and breath control.
