Social Games Group Dances: A Collection of Games and Dances Suitable for Community and Social Use

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For a number of years the authors of this volume have been testing the practical value of social games and group dances for children of all ages and also for adults. They have had gratifying success in devising games and dances which make a strong appeal to young and old alike. The writer of this Introduction has often observed Professor Elsom and Professor Trilling take groups of children or grown persons who were diffident, restrained and ill-at-ease in each other's presence and quickly make them forget their embarrassment so that they participated readily and gladly in what was going on. These players or dancers of whatever age always had a good time. They "let go of themselves," to use a phrase which they have often been heard to use in describing their experiences in these games and dances. Their tensions were quickly released and their social impulses and desires were indulged. So they were benefited physically as well as socially; they were really humanized during these play-hours because they learned how to enjoy one another and to appreciate the versatility and companionability of each other. The chief reason why a person so often does not see anything to admire or enjoy in others is because they are stiff, awkward, inhibited when they are together.

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