July Activities - Zip, Zap, Zop

Zip, Zap, Zop.

In this popular game,

participants practice responding
quickly and precisely to others' gestures.

One dancer starts the game by clapping
and pointing across the circle to another

saying, "Zip!"

The dancer repeats that action,

clapping and pointing at a new person,

saying, "Zap!"

The person they pointed to
then points at someone new,

saying, "Zop!"

Zip,

zap,

zop.

Keep going until someone fumbles,

either on the words or the actions.

Encourage the dancers
to be direct with their claps

and look straight at the person
whom they're passing the movement to.

As an extra challenge,

you can ask dancers to play the game
while traveling around the space.