Catch A Clap

In lesson we played a new game called catch the clap. This consisted of everyone walking around the room at a steady pace and keeping that pace throughout. You then find someone in the room and make eye contact with them; in this game eye contact is very important when passing and catching the clap because if you want to keep a steady beat you need to be prepared to pass the clap on and not hesitate which would result in loosing the beat. Once you've found someone in the room that has seen you as well, you stretch your arms towards them and clap. Then they catch the clap. They can choose to act like they have physically caught the clap (they may step back and cushion the clap as they receive it) or if they need to be concentrating on the task they can just clap when they receive it. The person you send it to claps when they receive it and then sends it to someone else in the room always keeping the steady beat of the clap; don't slow down and don't speed up.

This game is about collective responsibility which is a reoccurring theme in the games we have been playing this term. This means that everyone must be aware of their surroundings and must be prepared to catch and send the clap. Also when keeping a steady rhythm this helps us when preparing for our play. When performing we don't want to change pace to much because this could result in us losing atmosphere. We want to increase the drama at a steady pace to keep the audience entertained.