Connector · Focuser
Mirror
Builds attunement. Partners learn to follow and lead without words.
8 minutes · Pairs
Use this activity in the Studio →How to facilitate it
- Pairs face each other. One leads slow movement, the other mirrors.
- Switch leaders.
- Then no assigned leader: see who leads when nobody does.
Reflection prompts
- Noticing: What did you notice about leading and following?
Credit & lineage
Viola Spolin, Improvisation for the Theater; mirroring also appears in wider theatre traditions.
A concise Playformation adaptation, not a reproduction of the book. Attribution identifies this lineage without claiming every mirror exercise began with Spolin.
Viola Spolin: official legacy site ↗
Gary Schwartz: first-hand account of Spolin teaching the mirror ↗
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