The Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble is embarking on a Winter tour this week. They will perform at anthroposophical communities in England, Scotland, Germany, and Switzerland. Some performances will be for the residents of the respective communities only and for the students at the Waldorf schools, and some will be open to the public.
Follow the links below for more information on individual public performances.
Please share with people you know in England, Scotland, Germany, and Switzerland. Thank you.
Evening Program
Into the Heart’s Unknown
How can we become beings more capable of love in our conflicted world? Do we dare to be refashioned, surrendered, ennobled? Through the resonant words of poets Mary Oliver, T.S. Eliot, Denise Levertov, D.H. Lawrence, and Antonio Machado, the main theme of Into the Heart’s Unknown brings us again and again to the threshold of transformation, inviting us to consider the harsh, unexpected, and ultimately divine elements at work in the passage of our becoming. From the first initiatory call to risk everything to the necessity of surrender in the face of powerlessness, this program leads us through an inner unfolding into a recognition of the heart’s high calling. Our theme is echoed and enhanced by music from Peter Sculthorpe, Samuel Barber, György Kurtag, Zoltán Kodály, and Jean Sibelius.
The nature of love is further elaborated in the second half through a whimsical charade of temperamental relationships—the requited, the unrequited, and the somewhat ridiculous—with an opening foray into Shakespeare’s fairy kingdom.
The program concludes with the grand and beloved Ballade in G minor by Frédéric Chopin.
15 February, 2020, 8 pm Ruskin Hall, Emerson College, Forest RowEast Sussex, England
21 February 2020, 7:30 pm Paul Allen Auditorium, Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee Camphill Community Aberdeen, Scotland
24 February 2020, 7 pm Edinburgh Steiner School Hall, 60 Spylaw Road
Edinburgh, Scotland
28 February 2020, 7:30 pm
Institut für Waldorf-Pädagogik, Annener Berg 15
Witten, Germany
1 March 2020, 4 pm
Aula der Freien Waldorfschule Bergisch Gladbach, Mohnweg 13
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
4 March 2020, 7:30 pm Aula der Alten Universität, Universitätsplatz 1
Fulda, Germany
5 March 2020, 8 pm Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt am Main, Friedlebenstraße 52
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
7 March 2020, 7 pm Goetheanum Grundsteinsaal Dornach, Switzerland
Children’s Matinée
The Lady and the Lion
In the fairy tale The Lady and the Lion by the Brothers Grimm, we are invited into the magical journey of the courageous Lady, whose quest to save her father’s life leads her to the castle of a fierce lion. After seven years of trials, her open heart and bright spirit free the Lion from his enchantment. This story is woven throughout with music by Marcus Macauley, accompanied by a verse for children by Paul King, and a short tone eurythmy piece by Mozart.
15 February 2020, 3 pm
Peredur Centre, West Hoathly RoadEast Grinstead, England
20 February 2020, 2 pm Paul Allen Auditorium, Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee Camphill Community Aberdeen, Scotland
Open Eurythmy Workshop
4 March 2020, 8:30 am Rudolf-Steiner-Schule Loheland, Schulhaus 3, Eurythmieraum
Künzell, Germany
About Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble
Founded in New York in 1986, Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble is one of the most active performing ensembles in the world. For over 33 years, the Ensemble has continuously connected to new audiences in America, Asia, and Europe, giving access through eurythmy to the ineffable dimension that lives beyond words, tones, and the visible world.
With a passion immersed in the essence and foundations of eurythmy, the Ensemble presents their continuously evolving evening and daytime performances not only in schools and theatres throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, but also on world stages in special projects like the New World Symphony Project in collaboration with Lemniscate Arts, the Haydn Symphony Project, and the 100 Years of Eurythmy Symphony Project.
Follow the links above for more information on individual public performances on the Winter 2020 Tour, or call Eurythmy Spring Valley at (845) 352-5020, ext. 113, or send us an email to info@eurythmy.org.
