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EANAEANA VOLUME 92 Autumn 2016 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 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. Vacant 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 Sheila Shapiro, 518-937-0425 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. Raymonde van der Stok Fried, 215-410-1403 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 Grants 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. Helen Lubin, 916-966-5749 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 Alice Stamm 4 Letter from the Editor Maria Ver Eecke 4 EANA Annual General Meeting Alice Stamm 5 ThymeFund Lemniscate Arts, Inc. 6 Minutes from the East Coast Meeting Constance Michael 7 In Memoriam: Dr. Mark Eisen; Gerda Kott 9 In Memoriam: Sheri Reiner Michael Hughes 10 In Memoriam: Tertia Gale Elan Leibner 12 Articles “Bear the Christ Word to Man” Martina Maria Sam 14 Eurythmy as an Art and Therapeutic Eurythmy Truus Geraets 15 Eurythmy as a Critical Art: What This Means for Its Future Kate Reese Hurd 16 Reports and Reviews A Lifetime of Eurythmy Norman Francis Vogel 21 Pilgrimage Continues… Marta Stemberger 22 Eurythmy, a Project in a Public School Brigida Baldszun 23 NW High Schools Eurythmy Festival Maiko Canard 24 Encountering Our Humanity Virginia Hermann 25 In Honor of William Shakespeare’s 400th Birthday Maria Ver Eecke and Brigida Baldszun 27 Celebration of Annemarie Ehrlich’s 90th Birthday Mami Saphir 28 Letters to the Editor 32 Resources 33 Announcements 33 Calendar 38 Front Cover: “Angel”veil painting by Sheri Reiner, courtesy of Michael Hughes Inner Back Cover: Annemarie Ehrlich’s 90th (!!!) Birthday Celebration, Den Haag, Netherlands Outer Back Cover: Social Eurythmy Circle at Pilgrim Hill, Central Park, NYC, with Marta Stemberger, (top of page) Photo by Eric Ferrar; ESV Graduates at the Goetheanum, (center page) Photo by Alexandra Spadea; ESV Graduates (Left to Right) Ivilisse Esguerra, Coco Verspoor and Yenling Yeh, Photo by Bill Day 4 Eurythmy Association of North America Letter from the President Letter from the Editor Dear Friends, Michaelmas Greetings! This Michaelmas Season has brought 100֯ weather to Much good work is being done that gives hope for the California inlands but the nights’ coolness tempers the day’s future! The contributors in this issue voice their concerns dragon’s sulfuric air. One can imagine all the Michaelmas and offer suggestions for practical support of Eurythmia and verses rising up to the Heavens from all the classrooms and for eurythmists. plays in our schools or in meeting the patients, or in just The EANA newsletter allows us to document and going out the door in this tumultuous time. To do the name archive our work. How grateful I am for those who partici- “Michael” in eurythmy is so inspiring out of the Zodiac: pate in this effort. When that Inbox becomes full at every Aquarius’ harmonizing gesture of unique movement in the deadline, it is like opening gifts from under the Christmas quiet stars; the mercurial “E” or moon “ei”; the sharp quick- tree! Thank you for these presents. It is especially moving ening “K” overcoming centurion forces; Venus’ moment of to read about the lives of our dear colleagues in eurythmy. wonder “Ah” and the transformative power of “eL” all point The work of the EANA Council is stated clearly in the to his name – who is like God, the Countenance of God. I By-Laws: “The Incorporators of the Association (Eve Olive, recall doing this with children and they were impressed after Ruth Pusch, Danilla Rettig, Alys Morgan Samuels, singing the Michaelmas songs and now seeing his name in Marianne Schneider, Alice Stamm, and Joanna Van Vliet) eurythmy. Third graders, I recall. desire that the needs, endeavors, initiatives and achieve- The Portland Eurythmy Group will host a Eurythmy ments of each of the members shall constitute the life of the Workshop next August 5-15 on the Twelve Moods and Association; and that the services rendered by the Satyr, as well. Dorothea Mier will join Michael Leber, I am Association shall enhance the work of its members, to the told, to lead this wonderful event. I have asked the EANA end that Eurythmy shall effectively take its place in the Council if we can co-sponsor this in order to make some cultural life of our time.” This is a mighty task! And we modest funds available for travel and needs for members. must ask ourselves if or how Eurythmia has taken a place in These verses have such a power to transform one’s own the cultural life of our time. forces for a lifetime! One awakens to the archetypal forces Please get in touch with the representative of your of the cosmos, the Word indeed through the year and in one- region, whose most up-to-date contact information is pub- self. One slowly sorts out “being” and “existence”, lished inside the front cover of every issue. Every spring “essence” and “power” from the German words, but it will issue includes reports from the regions. It is our intention to be done in English! include all eurythmists in these reports! Years ago Ursula Ziegenbein in Stuttgart, shared her And view our website: www.eana.org! Gino Ver Eecke experience learning all the verses by heart! A client of hers keeps it updated with current events. Not only is he the cur- had asked her to teach them to him. She began with the rent treasurer for EANA, but also as a master of Information verse for Virgo which she thought was really a eurythmist’s Technology. Thanks to him, the newsletters go to print, are verse. It awakens the soul to the world, a world of gesture, collated, and posted in timely fashion... definitely a team of Beingness, of creativity in life, and above all, creating out effort! of the will. Blessings, (Sun) Behold the World O soul! Maria Ver Eecke (Venus) May the soul comprehend the Worlds (Mercury) May the spirit grasp the Beings Correction (Mars) Work in the throes of life. For those who have already acquired the book recently (Jupiter) Build out of the life of Will published, Five Articles from the book Der Toneurythmie (Saturn) Trust the blossoming of Worlds Kurs von Rudolf Steiner, edited by Stefan Hasler, I have (Moon) O Soul, know the Worlds! noticed that there are three words missing on page 4, at the It also is hoped to work at some indications of poems or end of sixth paragraph. It should read, “The ‘realization’ of verses or tone pieces where one can see what a dynamic ele- the polarities of major and minor is the foundation of the ment is brought through Steiner’s insights. Werner Barford whole of music as such.” brought this to a workshop some years ago and it was amaz- Please correct this in your copies, although it is, I think, ing to see how “boring” the pieces were without the indica- implied, the extra mention of the ‘polarities’ strengthens the tions, often connecting head, fingers and feet, and the form.