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Play with 4 people minimum

0. Each player writes a sentence with as much words as there are players. Each of the words appears in alphabetical order, f.ex. A child is spelling the word xylophone. 

1. One of the players writes each of the words of her sentence on separate papers, shuffles them and invites each player to pick one.

2. All players stand in a half circle.

3. Player 1 invites the player at her right hand side for a dance.

4. During the dance both players whisper their words in each other's ears.

5. If the word of player 2 starts with a letter that alphabetically precedes the first letter of the word of player 1, both players change place. 

6. If player 2 has a player at her left hand side, she invites this player for a dance.

7. The players repeat rules 4, 5 and 6, until no player is left to change place.

8. The last player repeats rule 3 and all following rules until everyone is standing in the right order. 

9. Each of the players speaks the word she picked.

10. The group gives an applause for the spontaneous spoken word performance.