Form and tone are essential to expression
Eurythmy reveals the spoken word, poetry, music as creative, meaning-filled movement. Learning to ‘speak and sing’ with our whole body opens up aspects of these thoroughly human activities that are ‘hidden in plain sight’, somehow new yet somehow familiar. ‘Listening’ with all our senses lets us discover universal lawfulness in movement. The experience is grounding, freeing and…fun!
Eurythmy
Eurythmy is a relatively new art form, originally developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1911 as a codified expression of poetry and music; to become the poem and the melody.
Eurythmy can be thought of as ‘visible speech’ and ‘visible music’: it transforms expressions that exist in the aural space and brings them into the physical and visual space. Gestures are meaningful and wondrous, giving us new means of understanding and enjoying the world.
Speech eurythmy relates to verbal sounds, their shape and intention and the stories spun within. Tone eurythmy relates to melody, harmony and rhythm we experience through music. Pedagogical eurythmy uses vital, moving forms as a developmental tool through which to grasp the world. Therapeutic eurythmy is a healing practice through movement and intention.
As an art form born in the 20th century, eurythmy is native to the global world. It is a naturally modern form of expression, transcending barriers and unifying us in our expression of movement.
We live in an exciting time for eurythmy, as the practice is still in its infancy. Imagine music before Billie Holiday, architecture before Gaudi or painting before Frida Kahlo: there are worlds and genres waiting to be shaped and moulded.
Join us as we live into the future of eurythmy.
