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By the end of the second phase, having completed an entire series of warm-ups and played a number of different games, participants usually experience themselves and the group in a fundamentally different manner. A sense of understanding and trust has been developed and this is clearly reflected in the atmosphere which is present. At the same time, the necessary basis has been created for what is to follow:

The warm-ups establish a basic set of rules that not everyone understands straight away. You are building a language or understanding around emotional presence and authenticity which you hope participants will carry on stage. All the warm-ups and games basically prepare you to focus not on what you have to do, but on giving expression to your feelings. So feeling shy, stupid or embarrassed or not knowing what to do when you are on stage gradually becomes o.k. (Interview 4)

For participants taking the workshop for the first time, the significance of having learned to accept embarrassment and insecurity only becomes fully apparent in the next phase.