Newsletter from the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music Michaelmas 2008 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Topical forum Meeting for Composers II at the Goetheanum (Dr Wolfram Graf) . 36 The situation of the Speech School at the Goetheanum . 3 The 2nd “Toward Genuine Tuning Conference” Thomas Parr – (Laura Langford Schnur) . 37 new manager of the Goetheanum Stage . 3 The integrative Orchestra (Danielle Volkart) . 38 Announcements / Events of the Section . 3 Concert Review (Ruth Dubach) . 38 Courage for the Soft Tone (Verena Zacher Züsli) . 39 Articles Obituaries The Eurythmical Gesture for “Reverence” (Beth Usher) . 5 “The most essential thing in eurythmical movement” Frank Michael Beyer (Michael Kurtz) . 40 Stimuli for fashioning rests, Part II Maria Jenny-Schuster (Daniel Marston) . 6 (Wilfried Hammacher, Ea Koster-Jenny) . 41 What does the Spirit of the Age demand of the arts today? (Werner Barfod) . 8 From spatial to time-orientated movement (Ursula Zimmermann) . 10 Announcements Speech (Hans-Jürgen Gorenflo) . 13 Classical and Romantic Musical Styles – Eurythmy . 44 (Julian Clarke) . 20 – Speech . 48 The Importance of Puppetry in Therapy for Children – Music . 49 with Special Disturbances (Gabriele Pohl) . 23 – Puppetry . 50 Reports Publication Toward a new eurythmy training Werner Barfod – Planetengebärden und (David-Michael and Glenda Monasch) . 26 Menschenwesen Reports on the World Eurythmy-Therapy Conference [Planetary gestures and the human being] . 51 (Heike Houben, Erika Leiste) . 28 Eurythmy Training in Spain (Elisa Betancor) . 28 Fostering Speech Development through Elementary Eurythmy in the Kindergarten? (Sabine Deimann) . 28 Miscellaneous Passing on the Sceptre (Svlvia Bardt) . 30 Two reports on the Light Eurythmy Seminar, Discussion with Maria Jenny on questions concerning Chestnut Ridge, New York, May 8—10, 2008 the work with Rudolf Steiner in music eurythmy (Maria Ver Eecke, Elizabeth Linda (Stefan Hasler, Päivi Lappalainen, Gardner Lombardi) . 30 Ea Koster-Jenny) . 52 Meeting of new graduates from the Eurythmy Trainings, 2008 (Johannes Starke) . 32 Some reflections about the workshop with Dorothea Mier (Raymonde Fried) . 32 Report on the Working Meeting of Speech Artists with Heinz Zimmermann, Ascension 2008, in Karlsruhe (Ulrike Hans, Dominique Zeylmans van Emmichoven) . 33 Speech Formation and Drama / Educational Theatre: professional training in the Class-Teacher programme at the Institute for Waldorf-Education, Witten (Hans-Ulrich Ender) . 34 Improvisation Theatre invites a writer of Fairy-Tales (Sebastian Jüngel) . 35 2 FOREWORD Dear Colleagues, What would the Goetheanum be without artistic activity? The question in not limited locally to the Goetheanum, Dor - Can we imagine this at all? It is important to ask ourselves nach; it concerns everyone who feels connected to the spir - this question so that we gain a renewed, aware relationship itual Goetheanum, since it is a question for the inner direc - to Rudolf Steiner’s impulse for art. The Collegium of the tion of our work for the future. It is a spiritual battle which is School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum was con - clearly expressed right into the redundancies and the more cerned with this question in relation to the necessary reno - difficult work conditions. Nevertheless young people choose vation of the Great Auditorium. And once again whether the the path to connect with eurythmy and speech. This year’s carved, sculptural Group “The Representative of 4th -year meeting of eurythmy graduation classes has just Humankind” should once more come on to the stage as it concluded. A seriousness in the work, an open perception of was in the First Goetheanum. One would think that this the others, and a eurythmical substance could be perceived. question has been worked through and decided. But that is We intend to learn to work with the indications in such a way not the case. that they show us the path to the future . This is how I would In connection with the renovation of the Great Auditorium summarise the mood and inner attitude of the students. I see ten year ago, this question was already raised, and now this attitude as an inner necessity, in order that the spiritual raised afresh. The Collegium has taken a lengthy time in battle for the livingly formed Word out of the sources of order to look at the various aspects without pressure. People anthroposophy can fruitfully exist. These words may speak who had worked earlier as artists were also involved in the for all realms of work within our Section. process. So this question could be the starting point to con - sider again the basis of our artistic activities, and the activi - With warm greetings, ties in general, at the Goetheanum. Through the conversa - tions it became clear that at present it is important to strengthen that which is expressed in the sculptural Group, but that it should not itself stand on the stage. http://www.goetheanum.org/srmk.html TOPICAL FORUM 3 TOPICAL FORUM Intermission For many years I have been deeply connected with anthro - for the theatre stage-training posophy; from 1982–92 as an active member of the Anthro - to test new possibilities posophical Society in Nuremberg, and in the Seminar for Spiritual Science, Nuremberg; from 1987–89 as Member of For 80 years there was a School for Speech Formation and the College for the Youth Section at the Goetheanum under Drama at the Goetheanum. About 450 people have been Jörgen Smit and in recent years in the Council of the Stein - trained there. They were or are active as actors, teachers, er-Waldorf School in Lübeck. Married to homeopathic prac - directors or coaches.The School is a part of the Goetheanum titioner Katharina Parr, we have three, almost adult children. Stage, directed in recent years by Catherine Ann Schmid. I am very happy after many years on the “great theatrical The production team of the Goetheanum has decided journey” to be allowed to work again in Dornach, from summer 2008 not to continue the training in this man - and send warmest greetings, ner. There will be a pause, which will give the opportunity to examine the training possibilities at the Goetheanum. Con - Dr Thomas Parr versations are being conducted with the present students Goetheanum-Bühnenleitung how best to proceed further with their training. Geschäftsführer Paul Mackay, Margrethe Solstad, Torsten Blanke CH - 4143 Dornach tel: +41 (0)61 706 42 55 (This annoucement first appeared in fax: +41 (0)61 706 42 51 Das Goetheanum , Nr. 17, 25. April 2008) [email protected] www.goetheanum-buehne.ch Thomas Parr (46) new manager of the Goetheanum Stage, Dornach Announcements Events of the Section Dear Friends, In June 2008 I was called to manage with the production The summer 2009 will stand completely in the constellation team the Goetheanum Stage. I would like briefly to sketch of eurythmy, speech and music. Please note already now the some biographical steps. following dates in your diaries. For 25 years I have been working intensively with and at From 16 th –18 th July all eurythmists and speech artists are theatre and during the previous years—completely typical - warmly invited to a Professional Conference for Eurythmy ly for theatre—I was given the chance to gather experience and Speech at the Goetheanum. It is pressingly urgent that in many places with most varied tasks. these two realms work with renewed strength together, and I was born in Nuremberg and after attending theWaldorf- this conference is intended to serve and impulse this. School I pursued theatre and music studies in Erlangen. In The programme is at present in preparation. It is to be 1990 I received an award from“Rudolf-Steiner-Fond für wis - worked in speech and eurythmy both separately and in col - senschaftliche Forschung” for my dissertation “Eurythmie – laboration. We would like to include as thematic material, Rudolf Steiners Bühnenkunst” (pub. by Verlag am amongst other things, the cosmic choruses of Fercher von Goetheanum: Dornach 1992). Steinwand, in order to arrive at an inner movement and dif - During the following 14 years I worked both in south and ferentiation. We hope that an engaged speech chorus will north Germany as a artistic director, press spokesman, mar - emerge. All Rudolf Steiner’s many indications for poems, to keting director and Artistic Festival Director, and amongst form style, for speech and eurythmy, will be a further fasci - other things engaged in the city and town theatres of Nurem - nating theme of this professional conference. berg, Lübeck, Erlangen and Hof. I was manager of the Hun - Directly following, a public Eurythmy Summer Confer - dertwasser-Musicalunternehmens of Lower Saxony in ence takes place from 19 th –24 th July. Great symphonies; Uelzen, taught Event Management and Event Marketing at Steiner’s “The Twelve Moods” and “The Song of Initiation”, the International School for Management in Dortmund, and Goethe’s “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily”, and oth - recently was Director for Marketing and Communication at er works will be performed. the Staatstheater Braunschweig. Those bringing children will welcome circus-skills for chil - Alongside these main tasks in the realm of theatre man - dren and children’s groups. agement, I was always artistically involved as an active musi - For both conferences a detailed programme will appear in cian (guitarist) and also as director. I produced the German- the autumn. speaking première of the opera “Damals” by Wolfgang Fort - ner and Samuel Beckett, the première of the opera “Head - line: Orpheus” by Jens Josef and during the EXPO 2000 in Hanover the première of “7ieben Sinne – 7ieben Türme”. 4 TOPICAL FORUM Speech ter ) in the evenings in the Carpenters’ Workshop at the Goetheanum two performances with various eurythmy “In the artistic forming of speech the healthy working groups; during the day of the 6 th workshops take place for together and harmonizing of body, soul and spirit is mutual exchange.