Learning to do Chair Duets - Frantic Assembly

Chair Duets Instruction video

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Chair Duets Examples 

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Chair Duets Instructions

• Firstly don’t try and create a story or a background to a character. Just create movements and let that become the story...

1.    Both face forward and try to imagine you are on a sofa watching a television.

2.    Start by one of you placing a hand on yourself or your partner (knee, thigh, shoulder, neck, head) moving your own hand or placing the hand of your partner (on you or somewhere on them) – keep it clean.

3.    Alternatively you can lean forward/ back or push your partners torso forward/ back.

4.    Create 3 further moves (so you have 4 in total)

5.    Once you have done this for your 4 moves, your partner takes over- you can start to place/ move elbows, cross legs, move neck.

6.    Repeat this series of 8 moves, let it become a story and evolve a bit. Try to identify an attitude in the moves- are you being angry/ petulant, flirtatious, frustrated? Start to form a relationship (romantic, sibling, abusive, argumentative inappropriate etc)

7.    You can now develop a further 4 to 8 moves (12 to 16 all together.)

8.    Don’t get bogged down in character. Have fun with it, just play together – experiment and see what comes out of it.