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Autumn 2017 EANA EANAEANA The Twelve Moods of the Zodiac in EURYTHMY VOLUME 94 Autumn 2017 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EURYTHMY ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER 2 Eurythmy Association of North America Mission Statement The Eurythmy Association of North America is formed for these purposes: To foster eurythmy, an art of movement originated and developed by Rudolf Steiner out of anthroposophy; to foster the work of eurythmists on the North American continent by sponsoring performances, demonstrations, and workshops; and to maintain, develop, and communicate knowledge related to eurythmy and the work of eurythmists by means of newsletters and publications. The Eurythmy Association of North America is a non- OFFICERS OF THE EURYTHMY ASSOCIATION profit corporation of eurythmists living and working on the President Emeritus North American continent. Any eurythmist holding an Alice Stamm, 916-728-2462 accredited diploma recognized by the Section for Eurythmy, Treasurer Speech, and Music at the Goetheanum, may join the Gino Ver Eecke, 845-356-1380 Association as a member. Eurythmy students and non- Corresponding Secretary accredited, but actively working eurythmists, are warmly Alice Stamm, 916-728-2462 welcomed to join as Friends. Recording Secretary The Newsletter is published two times annually. Laurel Loughran, 778-508-3554 Annual dues are from January through December. Newsletter Editor and Archival Secretary Membership subscription is $45 single/ $50 for euryth- Maria Ver Eecke, 845-356-1380 mist-couple; for eurythmists living outside of North America it is $50 single/ $55 for eurythmist-couple; for all REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES friends, musicians, or speakers the subscription is $30. Eastern Canada Single issues are $6 a copy. Please make checks out Margaret Osmond, 902-466-7735 through a bank with a branch in the United States. Northeast The Council members believe that financial concerns Victoria Sander, 518-672-4289 should not hinder eurythmists from membership. Spring Valley Area Eurythmists should feel able to contribute a lesser amount if Sea-Anna Vasilas, 909-496-6308 they cannot afford the full annual contribution. We hope that Southeast others will also contribute more to support our work. Anna Ziegner, 267-495-9887 All checks should be made payable to the Eurythmy Northern Midwest Association of North America and mailed to the treasurer: Constance Michael, 513-961-7455 Gino Ver Eecke Southwest and Mountain 34 Margetts Rd. Cristina Geck, 303-402-9030 Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 Northwest Email: [email protected] Laurel Loughran, 778-508-3554 Articles, announcements, news items, poems, and Northern California forms should be sent to the editor at least one month before Isabella Guardia Ferragutti, 669-233-924 publication. Deadline dates for the two annual issues are Southern California October 1 and March 1. Items may be faxed or sent via Rachael Abbott, 747-258-8266 email. Photos sent by mail will be returned. Photos may be Coordinator of Grant Proposals emailed as attachments. Carsten Callesen, 610-455-2038 Please mail to: Member-at-Large EANA Newsletter Editor Christina Beck, 919 643 2066 Maria Ver Eecke Representative for Performing Arts Section 34 Margetts Rd. Laura Radefeld, [email protected] Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 Eurythmist-in-need fund Phone: 845-356-1380 Alice Stamm and Raymonde Fried Email: [email protected] Liaison to AWSNA www.eana.org Susan Eggers, [email protected] Although welcomed, the viewpoints expressed in the EANA Newsletter are not necessarily those of the publisher. Eurythmy Association of North America 3 CONTENTS FROM THE COUNCIL Letter from the President Emeritus Alice Stamm 4 Letter from the Editor Maria Ver Eecke 4 Intorducing New Regional Representatives Anna Ziegner and Victoria Thate Sander 5 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Maria Ver Eecke 6 In Memoriam of Antje Ghaznavi Rev. Michael Breuer 9 In Memoriam of Hélène Oppert Jehanne Secretan 11 Remembering Mary Delle LeBeau Beth Usher, Sheila Shaprio, Gail Langstroth 13 Articles The Moral Imagination, Technique, and Power of Eurythmy Virginia Hermann 14 English Monophthongs: their Structure and Relationships Reg Down 17 Beginning with B in Light of Goethe’s Process Kate Reese Hurd 20 Substituting Movement for Eurythmy in Waldorf Schools Reg Down 26 AWSNA Support for Eurythmy Laura Radefeld and Susan Eggers 27 Reports and Reviews A New Art in an Ancient Land: the SFYET in China, 2017 David Weber 28 Reports from the School of Eurythmy Spring Valley B. Schneider-Serio, E. Erkelens,C. Venho 31 Review of Eurythmy Conference “The Twelve Moods” Michael Hughes 33 The World Eurythmy Festival, Pasadena, CA Truus Geraets 33 Eurythmy Can Make You Stronger Marta Stemberger 34 Review of Course with Jan Ranck Raymonde van der Stok 36 Announcements 36 Events 38 Calendar 42 Front Cover: The Twelve Moods of the Zodiac, EurythmyConference, Photographer Jim Collias Inner Back Cover: The World Eurythmy Festival on World Eurythmy Day, Pasadena, CA Outer Back Cover: The Graduation Performance, School of Eurythmy Spring Valley, Photographer Tim Lee 4 Eurythmy Association of North America Letter from the President enhance the place where you live and work, including classes, workshops, classes for children, etc. Dear Colleagues, With best greetings for all your work and courage at this After some ten years of serving as President of EANA, Michaelmas tide, I felt it was time to look for new leadership! Someone Your Alice Stamm, President Emeritus! younger and really in the artistic work folk. Having taken on other tasks as well, such as thank you notes to dear donors, Eurythmy-in-Need Fund with Letter from the Editor Raymonde, and writing the WEF Grants, these are adminis- Michaelmas Greetings! trative duties to help our Association progress with member The highlight of my year was to attend the eurythmy support, performing groups, and high school projects. conference on the theme of the Twelve Moods of the Zodiac I took the initiative to ask Sea Anna Vasilas if she would with forty eurythmists under the guidance of master artists consider taking on this position and I would keep on with Dorothea Mier and Michael Leber. Supporting our work the above mentioned duties, relieving her of these adminis- were Patricia Smith, speech artist, and Besso Namchevadse, tration duties. She replied that such a task awakened in her pianist. The organizers of the conference must be commend- a collaborative impulse to form a kind of artistic group to ed for their excellent attention to detail and warm generosity especially carry the artistic-performing impulse for EANA. in welcoming us all to Portland, Oregon. For years we have nurtured the artistic in general, with Alice Stamm supplied the costumes for the planets and grants to groups and as support for workshops. two groups of Zodiac positions! When you look at the cover It seemed to me that the performing art of eurythmy photos by Jim Collias, please notice the colors of the veils could be strengthened on this continent in order to bring this in the Zodiac when all the planets are aligned in Aries. art to larger audiences so that people could see it and These are the true colors. The photo below that is of the perhaps be inspired to do a training! Or to take classes. planets on the planetary circle demonstrating the vowel Over the course of the Eurythmy conference in Portland movements of the text and the veils colors are not all as this past summer, there were many discussions as to next indicated. A collage of photos is on page 23 and a review by steps. At the AGM there were strong feelings about how the Michael Hughes is on page 33. leadership of EANA should look; could we have a triumver- EANA Council members were able to meet several ate of leaders? Could there be one president, but a new form times before and during the eurythmy conference. Minutes of an artistic sub-committee as we had done to carry the from the Annual General Meeting may be found on page 6. strong pedagogical impulse of so many members? In the And a special tribute on page 8! past, the Council has taken on many tasks: guidelines with A hearty thank you goes to Raymonde van der Stok AWSNA, helping to publish books about eurythmy, etc. Fried for her two terms serving on the EANA Council as the Now, as all tasks are covered by different representa- Representative of the Southeast. Raymonde offers to tives in the Association (Maria and Gino with their heroic continue to manage the Eurythmist-in-Need Fund with efforts managing newsletter and website, plus acting Alice Stamm. The new representative for the Southeast Treasurer; Carsten and his superb organization of the Grant Region is Anna Ziegner, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. applications) now we have some space to see what and how Much gratitude goes to Sheila Shapiro, Northeast we might form this artistic impulse together. In the next Representative, who served on the Council for two years. months we will be conferencing to see what is needed and Sheila offered the human element of care and concern for how to support what exists as strong artistic endeavors (the other eurythmists. This is reflected in her interview of Portland initiative, Eurythmy Spring Valley, Christina Dolores Kaufmann, who Sheila accompanied to the Beck’s projects, to mention a few). There was also an idea Goetheanum for the One Hundredth Anniversary Eurythmy to organize three eurythmy festivals in 2020, to join Conference in 2015. Sheila helped gather reflections of together to bring this art to as many places as possible, but Mary Delle LeBeau, including Mary Delle’s poetry, which in a collaborative festival manner across the continent. (The are treasures. In jest I have called Sheila a roving reporter impulse of Percy Mckaye may still be relevant!) for EANA, but in all seriousness, I do hope that she will As you can see, we are looking for a more vibrant continue to offer contributions to this newsletter.
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