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EurythmyEuryythmy ~ Christtina Beck Speeech/Acting ~ BBeatrice Vo Mussic ~ Several coollaboratin Performances/Workshops Begin Fall 2018 Sponsored by Lemniscate Arts Tax deductible donations may be made to: Lemniscate Arts a 501(c)3 corporationtion (#20-2307129) noted for Amaranthth Eurythmy Theater and sent to 114 Tuscarora Dr.,, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or online at amarantheurythmytheater.orgntheurythmytheater.org Contact: [email protected] AMMARANTTH EURYYTTHMY TTHEEAATTER VOLUME 95 Spring 2018 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 main- tain, 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 International Conference at the Goetheanum, April 2018 Stefan Hasler and the Preparatory Group 5 Tribute to Carina Schmid Sebastian Jüngel 5 Celebrating a Life in Eurythmy – Jean Schwarzkopf Isabela Guardia Ferragutti 7 Memories of Hélène Oppert Christina Beck 7 Articles Finding Unison in Vowels: The Hope and Blessing of Whitsun Kate Reese Hurd 8 Creating an Event: “Ancient Egyptian Culture Andrew Dzedulionis 11 Rising Up in High School Eurythmy Maria Ver Eecke 13 Reports and Reviews Lerne zu Erleben – Learn to Experience Gail Langstroth 14 West Coast Eurythmy Teacher Conference with Carina Schmid Cristina Geck and Susan Strauss 14 The Fourteenth International Eurythmy Forum, Witten Cristina Geck and Thyria Ogletree 15 Report from The Bay Area Eurythmy Ensemble Ruth Bucklin 16 High School Eurythmy Ensemble Michaela Bergmann 16 Report from the Waldorf School of Orange County Lilith Dupuis 17 Inner Sun Eurythmy Initiative Laura Radefeld 18 Report on the Tone Eurythmy Therapy Course with Jan Ranck Linda Larson 20 Eurythmy Festival at the Cascadia Society for Social Working Ruth Tschannen 22 Eurythmy Spring Valley Faculty and Students 22 Books and Publications 26 Events 28 Announcements 30 Calendar 33 Front Cover: Amanarath Eurythmy Theater Inner Back Cover: Photo of Inner Sun Eurythmy Initiative; Thyme Arts Fund, Lemniscate Arts Outer Back Cover: Eurythmy World Tour, www.stormsofsilence.org 4 Eurythmy Association of North America Letter from the President Letter from the Editor Dear Colleagues, Spring Greetings! Next year 2019 will celebrate 100 years of Waldorf I am thinking of all the eurythmists, speech artists and education. Milestones of 100 years have been guiding our friends heading to Dornach for the International Eurythmy Anthroposophical Movement now for some time. We conference at the Goetheanum. May it be enriching! And remember 2011-12 and 100 years of eurythmy. And we look may we hear about your experiences in the next issue of the forward to 2023 and 100 years of the Foundation Stone newsletter. Meditation Conference. The impulse for eurythmy as a In this spring issue Kate Reese Hurd gives thoughtful result of that Event, continues to guide our work worldwide. consideration to language in “Finding Unison in the That the verses for the Foundation Stone were then Vowels,” and then she remarkably leads us to “The Hope performed in eurythmy shows the modern, public nature of and Blessing of Whitsun.” I am grateful that she has become the Society even while carrying the open secret of deepest such a steady contributor to the newsletter. Andrew esoteric work. Dzedulionis shares his journey developing a program on The need to perform modern texts, stories, prose work verses of Ancient Egypt. And there are many possibilities can nevertheless carry the background of the WORD of the for artistic renewal in workshops, retreats, and conferences, spirit of the Goetheanum. as well as, performances by The Bay Area Eurythmy Waldorf Education has been as a sister to eurythmy. In Ensemble, Amanarath Eurythmy Theater, ESV Waldorf schools around the globe, many eurythmists have Graduation and Post-Graduate Stage Training, and their first experiences teaching this art. Would the children Storms of Silence World Tour! love it and their teachers? Would eurythmists find Carina Schmid has enlivened many of us on both coasts themselves in performance work on behalf of their school with the original source of eurythmy. Thank you to Gail communities, and then, to a greater public? Would Langstroth, Cristina Geck and Susan Strauss for their eurythmy support teachers’ work with plays and courses, reviews. If you wish to see a video of Carina in perform- enriched by eurythmy movement? And would the ance, the trailer of “Spiegel im Spiegel” may be found on therapeutic eurythmy begin to support children in YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGyN2BB4ZU. approaching milestones in child development, from Carina is the eurythmist in the center of The Lord’s Prayer. changing of teeth to constitutional challenges? I would hope Carina helps us return to the source of eurythmy with that where we are eurythmists in Waldorf schools we can her recollections from Lory Maier-Smits. In our workshop, heartily support this celebration with gratitude for the Carina introduced and spoke of the zone called Memory. opportunities given to eurythmy to unfold in the world and This is a gesture that I learned from Alicia Tree, who direct- to make such a difference in children’s lives. I recall at ed us in a fairy tale during my eurythmy training. The Highland Hall Waldorf School, after the spring eurythmy gesture is created with a rounded torso and palms up at assembly where grades 2-12 showed different pieces, a either side of the body. This is the gesture/zone that I use parent coming to me afterward and saying: “I saw the whole during the words, “Once upon a time.” Carina told us that curriculum in one fell swoop!” And so it continues. Memory was meant to be included in the first panel of the Now we look forward to the Dornach Eurythmy Foundation Stone Meditation with: “Practice spirit- Conference in April. Looking at the myriad courses, recalling”. She said that Lory was disappointed that the lectures, and performances, one can be grateful for the zone for Memory was lost. How meaningful it was for me immense amount of work being done in the world and by that Carina’s workshop occurred during the Forty-sixth our friends in the Section in Dornach. New resources are week of the Verse from The Calendar of the Soul, in which becoming available, notes and treasures newly discovered the phrase speaks: “You, Memory, now step forth, out of to enrich our experience of our art form. This will also be a depths of spirit shining and strengthen in me the beholding.” joyful “wiedersehen” or seeing friends again from the Thanks to Kate Reese Hurd for the rendering of these lines.