Trust

Task title: 'Building Trust'.

Date of task: 12th September, 2011.

Aim of task: To build trust between classmates by playing two games, 'Trust walk' and 'Trust fall'.

Description of task:

• 'Trust walk'
• Partners in turn cover their eyes, the one who can see guides the other to walk in the room with many other pairs, firstly with a palm, then with a single finger, and finally with only sounds (not words).
• My partner is Adam, as we met each other in the Challenge Day during the admission process, we trust each other. The game runs quite smoothly, not many people bumped together.

• 'Trust fall'
• Six people a group, five of them forms a circle, and the one left stands in the middle, with his/her legs closed, keeping his/her body straight, cross his/her arms, close his/her eyes, and fall. The people in the circle need to prevent the one in the middle from falling to the ground, and all six in the group will be the one in the middle in turn.
• I have played this game before, so I personally don't have any problem on letting myself fall freely, but the biggest problem we have is that the boys (including me), are too heavy for the girls to catch and push back, so the game became really exciting when some of the boys nearly fell!

Reflection:

• I really like these two games, I think they can really make all the theatre students become closer,  I enjoy being in a strong community, where we all trust each other and work towards a common goal.

Conclusion:

• Trust is a very important element in a team. In a Theatre class, we need to trust each other in order to have good co-operation in a successful play.