Are you looking for new ways to connect with other eurythmists and eurythmy teachers? Would you appreciate some eurythmy inspiration to share with your students and communities? Do you wonder how eurythmy will continue to grow and take shape in Waldorf Schools in the years to come?  

All eurythmists are welcome to take part in this Festival specifically designed to build our sense of connection with fellow eurythmy teachers and high school eurythmy students. 

Join us for

A Festival and Exploration of Eurythmy in Waldorf Education

San Francisco Waldorf High School

February 15-19, 2025

Saturday evening festive opening performance by Eurythmy Spring Valley, 

Sunday – Tuesday  Eurythmists and High School students will move together each morning. Then there will be workshops by North American eurythmy teachers – Rachel Schmid, Christina Geck and  Maria Ver Eecke – who will share their pedagogical treasures and inspiration. 

In order to strengthen our eurythmy community, we will have time in the afternoons to gather and share our own teaching gems and questions with one another. 

Parallel to the teachers workshops, a lively group of 50 highschool students from both North and South America will work together to explore eurythmy with Alex Spadea NYC, Kleber Akama Brazil, Astrid Thiersch SF and Chelaine Kokos SD.*

On Tuesday evening, a studio program open to the public will offer an opportunity to see what the HS students have brought along and also see what they developed during the festival. 

Wednesday we will bring eurythmy to various places in the city before we say goodbye.

Tentative Program

Please join us for a lively and dynamic festival in the beautiful city of San Francisco.

*Please note the HS troupe program is already full. We regret that there are no more spaces available to accommodate larger groups. If you would like to bring one or two students to attend, please contact eanaleadership@gmail.com to assess if we can accommodate you.

The Center for Anthroposophy, Wilton, NH, offers a Waldorf Administrators Leadership Program that has incorporated Eurythmy in the Working Life in the program. Everyone participates in two full eurythmy classes daily, as well as lectures, small group work, and lectures by visiting administrators. This year, we are inviting eurythmists, who are interested in social eurythmy to join the group. The dates are Oct. 4-8, 2024, in Keene, NH. There will be two long classes in Eurythmy in the Working Life, plus a private session with Leonore Russell. The eurythmists will attend one of the lectures daily.

The requirement to enter the course is at least five years of full-time eurythmy teaching, following receipt of a eurythmy diploma, and an interest in working with adults.

For those interested in more details, please contact me at  leonorerussell@gmail.com or call 516 581 5696.

18-20 October 2024

LONDON

Venue: Rudolf Steiner House

£20 for non-members of Eu Assoc of GB & Ireland

Assoc. members & eurythmy students no charge.

Meals: RSH café and nearby local businesses.

Accommodation: Budget local hostels avail.

Payment: (online, or in cash on the day) to:

Account Name: Eurythmy Assoc of Gt Britain & Ireland  (Pls note exact spellings and layout)

Account Number: 65221798 Sort Code 089299

Please include the reference: NEBEL WKSHP OCT 2024

‘Prosper is an excellent teacher for eurythmy education with masses of wonderful material to share for all the grades. He plays piano for his own classes and weaves the classes into a whole experience.

Taught at the London training and for me in Oslo. 

Highly recommend.’

Coralee Frederickson, Professor @ Masters Eurythmy in English/ Alanus University.

Please confirm attendance by 1^st week of Oct 2024

For more info contact: e.carlson@btinternet.com

We are happy to announce that the next course will start on September 2^nd, 2024. The training is offered through Alanus University and on completion provides an internationally recognized Master’s degree, in addition to a diploma from the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. It is necessary to have a eurythmy diploma recognized by the Goetheanum to take part in this course, but a Bachelor’s degree is not a requirement.

The training will take place at Emerson College in Forest Row and comprises five four-week blocks over a two-year period, which take place in the spring and summer (see more details on our website). In addition, there will be two one-week blocks online in the autumn. In the final phase of the course, which may be extended into a third year, you will complete the required practice placement hours and submit your thesis, which will be a Case Study.

Students should be able to master the English language at an appropriate level. The application process is completed online and there are guidance notes on the Alanus website with details about the documentation you will need to submit.

If you are interested, please get in touch so we can meet you on Zoom before applying!

Responsible for the Master of Arts – Eurythmy Therapy:
Shaina Stoehr, Katherine Beaven, and Brenda Newton. They are supported by Dr. James Dyson.

In addition, there are many guest tutors, including doctors and therapists with expertise in particular fields of medicine. 
For more information, please refer to the website or email us.

https://www.eurythmytherapytraining.org.uk

https://www.alanus.edu/en/home

enquiries@eurythmytherapytraining.org.uk

Keith Hess has invited Jan Ranck to hold a lecture on Eurythmy, a series of Eurythmy lessons, and a Eurythmy performance during the Anthroposophy Festival taking place in Viroqua, Wisconsin on Oct. 27-Nov. 5, 2023

https://thecommonsviroqua.org/anthroposophy-festival/

The festival’s Eurythmy programming begins on Saturday October 28th at 2:30 PM with the introductory lecture and demonstration (including audience participation) by Jan Ranck, as well as demonstrations of pedagogical and therapeutic Eurythmy by Erin Erkelens, Joshua Ecklund and Keith Hess.

The Eurythmy lessons will take place every evening, from Monday (October 30th) through Friday (November 3rd) from 4:30 to 6:00 PM. They will include both Tone Eurythmy and Speech Eurythmy and are designed for beginners through advanced so all can profit from the experience.

The series will climax with a short Eurythmy performance on Friday, November 3rd at 6:30 PM accompanied by Sue Ellen Dubbert (Piano) and Keith Hess (Recitation). 

All events will take place in The Commons on the basis of free-will donations with a suggested contribution of $25 per session.

For her preparation Jan is interested to know approximately how many are planning to attend these sessions. A simple RSVP to ladyofthelakeproductions@proton.me would be welcomed.

Please help spread the word, feel free forward this message or post it for anyone who might be interested in Eurythmy, and we look forward to this wonderful event! 

Jan Ranck was a student of Lea van der Pals and a colleague of her successor in this field, Annemarie Baeschlin, and was involved with compositional and editorial suggestions for their publication “Ton-Heileurythmie”, Verlag am Goetheanum 1991, published in English in 2009 as “Tone Eurythmy Therapy” by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. Born in the USA, she studied music and comparative arts at Indiana University in Bloomington. She accompanied the London Stage Group on their 1976 USA tour and went on to study eurythmy at the Eurythmeum in Dornach, where she subsequently served as a teacher. In 1984 she joined the faculty of The London School of Eurythmy. She left there to complete a training in eurythmy therapy in Stuttgart in 1989, moving afterward to Israel, where she  founded the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble (1990) and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy (1992). She was an instructor in the Jerusalem Waldorf Teacher Bachelor Program in David Yellin Academic College, and a guest teacher in various venues worldwide, including the Goetheanum and the MA Program in Eurythmy held in Emerson College and Spring Valley. She is the representative for Israel in the International Department of Eurythmy Therapy (“Eurythmy Therapy Forum”) and has held the course in Tone Eurythmy Therapy at various venues throughout the world.

https://www.biodynamicconference.com/2023/program

Come see “The Grain As Big as an Egg”, the story by Leo Tolstoy that premiered at “I Hear America Singing” in Spring Valley in August.

Registration is now open!

“I Hear America Singing!”

A North American Festival Celebrating the Performing Arts of Eurythmy, Speech & Music

August 1-6, 2023

Spring Valley, New York

We warmly welcome you to join us this summer to celebrate the Performing Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music!

This festival is for eurythmists and everyone who loves eurythmy and wishes to immerse themselves in the art of eurythmy. Eurythmists from across the continent will offer a variety of workshops for colleagues and for the general public. Special classes for youth participants (age 18-25) will also take place daily.

The schedule will allow for exchange through talks and demonstrations, informal sharing of works in progress, collaborations, practice sessions and other initiatives. Evenings will be filled with an array of performances by groups and individuals from across the continent.

Included in this festival are our sister arts of creative speech, poetry and music. Speech artists and musicians will support our workshops and performances, and will offer workshops and performances of their own for us to participate in and enjoy.

This is a unique opportunity to witness and support the depth and breadth of eurythmy as it lives on our continent as a life-giving force in the very challenging times in which we find ourselves.

For more information, including registration, follow this link https://threefold.org/event/i-hear-america-singing/.

There are many costs in creating this festival and making it a success. Please consider contributing to the festival through the GoFundMe Campaign:
https://gofund.me/3cfd6185

Link to poster: 
https://eana.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Eurythmy-Festival-2023-V2.3.pdf

Please share with your contacts and community.

The Performing Arts Working Group,
Council Members of the Eurythmy Association of North America
Email: eurythmyfestival2023@gmail.com

Sponsored by the Eurythmy Association of North America & The Threefold Educational Foundation

Dear Colleagues near and far,

You are invited to attend this year’s workshop by Michael Leber in Mexico City. You can register and also pay for the workshop by clicking on this link: https://www.aurieleurythmy.org/classes-and-events.html

The workshop will be held in English.

Warm greetings, Nina Wallace-Ockenden

An international Master’s course offered by Alanus University in conjunction with Rudolf Steiner Høyskole, Oslo, will be available both in Germany and in England from September 2020. There are two main pathways: eurythmy in education and eurythmy therapy. The awarded degree from the university in Oslo will carry 120 ECTS (credit points) and have the title of Master of Education: Practice based research in educational and therapeutic fields.

This program is open to all eurythmists who have a Bachelor’s degree or a recognized eurythmy education (Dornach diploma) and practical experience.

Download the PDF for further details.

              Jan Ranck, founding Director of the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy will offer the van der Pals/Kirchner-Bockholt Tone Eurythmy Therapy Course in Chicago, IL October 10-19, 2019. Those interested in attending the course may inquire at tone.eurythmy.therapy@gmail.com

For those interested in combining the course with a more exotic venue, Jan will be holding it in Byron Bay Australia from July 13-22 and in Israel from Dec. 20–29, 2019

              In Rudolf Steiner’s lectures Eurythmy as Visible Music he repeatedly indicated that elements of this new art of movement could be effective as therapy. Inspired by the examples he provided, eurythmist Lea van der Pals and medical doctor Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt worked together in the late 1950s to develop a sequence of exercises in connection with the diseases discussed by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman in their book Extending Practical Medicine or Fundamentals of Therapy.

              Tone Eurythmy Therapy offers a deepening of the basic elements of tone eurythmy and an introduction to the exercises developed as therapies for rheumatism, dermatitis, central and peripheral congestion of the systemic circulation, pulmonary circulation abnormalities, diabetes, albuminuria, conditions of overweight and underweight, gout and arthritis. The inherent therapeutic and harmonizing properties of pitch, rhythm, beat, tone, interval, major, minor, dissonance and concordance are powerfully effective and can be applied in therapeutic eurythmy as well as in hygienic eurythmy, pedagogical eurythmy and in personal development. The exercises consist of tone eurythmy in its purest form and their effectiveness has been proven in practice.

              While this professional course is for eurythmy therapists and medical doctors, the insights it provides into the human being and the deeply transformative effect it has on the participant can benefit and enrich the life and work of artists, teachers, music, art, and physical therapists, as well as the student or lay enthusiast. Applicants who are not eurythmists will be admitted as space allows.

The 56 course hours qualify as AnthroMed Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

              Born in the USA, Jan Ranck studied music and comparative arts at Indiana University in Bloomington. She accompanied the London Stage Group on their 1976 USA tour and went on to study eurythmy at the Eurythmeum in Dornach with Lea van der Pals, where she subsequently taught. In 1984 she joined the faculty of The London School of Eurythmy. She left there to complete her eurythmy therapy training in Stuttgart in 1989, moving afterward to Israel, where she is the founding director of the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble (1990) and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy (1992) and an instructor in the Jerusalem Waldorf Teacher Bachelor Program in David Yellin Academic College.  Jan holds master classes at various venues worldwide, including the Goetheanum and the MA Program in Eurythmy held at Emerson College and Spring Valley. She is the representative for Israel in the International Eurythmy Therapy Forum. As a colleague of Lea van der Pals’ successor in this field, Annemarie Baeschlin, Jan was involved with compositional and editorial suggestions for the publication Tone Eurythmy Therapy (Verlag am Goetheanum 1991).  Jan has held the Tone Eurythmy Therapy course in Australia, Britain and the USA and is currently the only eurythmist offering it outside of Switzerland and in the English language.

   August 2nd through 11th will be the dates for the 2019 West Coast Summer Eurythmy Intensive. Led by Michael Leber and focusing on the Cultural Epochs, the conference will take place place in the Portland Waldorf School in downtown Milwaukie, Oregon. As in years past Besso Namchevadze will support the conference with his substantial artistic, pianistic abilities. Portland Eurythmy will be the hosting organization. As in years past we (Portland Eurythmy) will do our best to provide housing for participants at little or no cost for the duration of the conference. Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided. The Portland Waldorf School campus is located a short walk away from several restaurants and cafes and also a newly opened 10 cart food court. A low cost lunch option will also be available. Cost for the 10 day conference will be $500 per participant.

Mid week excursions to the Pacific Ocean, Mt Hood or the Columbia River George will also be arranged.  For further details or to register please contact:

Carrie Mass carecare0@gmail.com  or Don Marquiss 503-626-7606

Van der Pals/Kirchner-Bockholt Tone Eurythmy Therapy Course

PORTLAND, OR  JUNE 22-JULY 1 2018

with Jan Ranck, founding director of The Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy

Inspired by indications from Rudolf Steiner that tone eurythmy therapy should be developed in addition to speech eurythmy therapy, the eurythmist Lea van der Pals and the medical doctor Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt worked together in the late 1950s to develop a sequence of exercises in connection with the diseases discussed by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman in their book Extending Practical Medicine or Fundamentals of Therapy.

This course was taught for many years by Lea van der Pals in various eurythmy therapy trainings. The exercises consist of tone eurythmy in its purest form potentized through the intuitive insights of Lea van der Pals and carried forward by the artistic and therapeutic eurythmists Annemarie Baeschlin and Jan Ranck. The effectiveness of these exercises has been shown in practice. Jan Ranck is the only eurythmist offering this course outside of Switzerland and in the English language.

Tone Eurythmy Therapy offers a deepening of the basic elements of tone eurythmy and an introduction to the exercises developed as therapies for rheumatism, dermatitis, central and peripheral congestion of the systemic circulation, pulmonary circulation abnormalities, diabetes, albuminuria, conditions of overweight and underweight, gout and arthritis. The inherent therapeutic and harmonizing properties of pitch, rhythm, beat, tone, interval, major, minor, dissonance and concordance are powerfully effective and can also be applied in hygienic eurythmy, pedagogical eurythmy, and personal development.

While this professional course is for Eurythmy Therapists and Medical Doctors,

Eurythmists, Music and Art Therapists, Waldorf Teachers, students in these fields and enthusiasts are also welcome to join. In this course people go through a real transformation of their instrument that has a continuing influence in their lives.

Participant Reviews of Tone Eurythmy Therapy Course with Jan Ranck

Information and Registration: tone.eurythmy.therapy@gmail.com

(in the subject field please write “Portland Course” and your name)

ATHENA members can request Grant XV Category 4 through dale1022@sbcglobal.net

EANA members can request travel assistance through gfbver@gmail.com

The 56 course hours qualify as AnthroMed Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

If you would like to host a Tone Eurythmy Therapy Course or another Eurythmy Course offered by Jan in the future in your region please write to: tone.eurythmy.therapy@gmail.com

Born in the USA, Jan Ranck studied music and comparative arts at Indiana University in Bloomington. She accompanied the London Eurythmy Stage Group on their 1976 USA tour and went on to study eurythmy at the Eurythmeum in Dornach with Lea van der Pals, where she subsequently served as a teacher. In 1984 she joined the faculty of The London School of Eurythmy. She left there to complete a training in eurythmy therapy in Stuttgart in 1989, moving afterward to Israel, where she is the founding director of the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble (1990) and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy (1992) and an instructor in the Jerusalem Waldorf Teacher Bachelor Program in David Yellin Academic College. Jan is a guest teacher in various venues worldwide, including the Goetheanum and the MA Program in Eurythmy held in Emerson College and Spring Valley. She is the representative for Israel in the International Department of Eurythmy Therapy (“Eurythmy Therapy Forum”) and has held the course in Tone Eurythmy Therapy at various venues on the British Isles, Australia, and in the USA. A colleague of Lea van der Pals’ successor in this field, Annemarie Baeschlin, Jan was involved with compositional and editorial suggestions for their publication Ton-Heileurythmie, Verlag am Goetheanum 1991, published in English in 2009 as Tone Eurythmy Therapy by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.

During the last week of July (22nd through the 28th) 2018 we will be offering an artistic eurythmy retreat in Harlemville, NY.  We will be based at Mettabee Farm and Arts here, a center with a beautiful large converted barn space with gardens and animals, (the donkey sometimes makes herself heard)!  There are accommodations available here at Mettabee as well as kitchen facilities.  Other rooms will be found locally.

We are excited that during the mornings we will work with Dorothea Mier on tone eurythmy.  We will focus on Ave Verum by Mozart with a beautiful Steiner Form. Afternoons we will have just one more session – around the theme of how we support our artistic lives in the midst of our work, in order to keep ourselves at our creative best! We will experiment with some shorter texts trying out different forms and gesture possibilities, having also time for conversations.

Evenings will be free for Tanglewood concerts or Shakespeare and Co. or one of the many other summer offerings here in the Berkshires, like hiking and swimming.

Cost:  Sliding Scale: $300 – $450

We hope to have some scholarship funds available as well.

Please be in touch with us for any questions:

Jeanne Simon-MacDonald   518-67-7367 gregorjeanne@gmail.com

Victoria Sander 518-672-4289 victoria3foldwalker@gmail.com

Click here to download the flyer!

Indications by the First Eurythmist, Lory Maier-Smits: 
Professional Workshop with Carina Schmid

Friday, February 16, 2018: 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 17, 2017: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., School of Eurythmy, Chestnut Ridge, NY.Workshop Fee: $100. Carina Schmid, who led the Hamburg Eurythmy School and stage group, followed by the Dornach stage group for many years, will be visiting Eurythmy Spring Valley in what may be her first professional visit to the United States. During her tenure as the director of the stage ensemble at the Goetheanum, Carina, together with Benedikt Zweifel from Stuttgart, created joint Dornach /Stuttgart symphony projects, which traveled extensively throughout Europe. We are very fortunate to have her working with the students for a few days and giving a professional workshop on the indications from the first eurythmist, Lory Maier-Smits. We are very grateful to Monika Leitz of San Francisco for initiating Carina’s visit. For information, or to register, please call Eurythmy Spring Valley at 845-352-5020 ext. 113, or email: info@eurythmy.org.

USA July 20 – 29, 2017 in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania at Camp Hill Beaver Run

AUSTRALIA Sept. 22 – Oct. 1, 2017 in Yarra Junction VIC at Little Yarra Steiner School

This professional course for Eurythmy Therapists and Medical Doctors is also warmly recommended for trained eurythmists, music and art therapists, Waldorf teachers, students in these fields and enthusiasts (latter space permitting)

The 56 course hours qualify as AnthroMed Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Download PDF for reports of course participants

USA: The course is sponsored by ATHENA and therapeutic eurythmists who are members are eligible to apply for grants via dale1022@sbcglobal.net

Members of EANA may inquire about travel grants through Gino Ver Eecke at gfbver@gmail.com

Information and Registration for USA only: abdalma@gmail.com

(in the subject field please write “Beaver Run” and your name)

Australia: members of ETZNAZA receive a tuition discount.

Information and Registrtion for Australia only: lsarah@netspace.net.au

Inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s indication that tone eurythmy therapy should be developed in addition to speech eurythmy therapy, the eurythmist Lea van der Pals and the medical doctor Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt worked together in the late 1950’s to develop a sequence of exercises in connection with the diseases discussed in Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman’s book “Extending Practical Medicine”. The areas covered include rheumatism, dermatitis, central and peripheral congestion of the systemic circulation, pulmonary circulation abnormalities, diabetes, albuminuria, conditions of overweight and underweight, gout and arthritis. This course, which includes a review of all of the elements of tone eurythmy, was taught for many years by Lea van der Pals within various eurythmy therapy trainings, and the effectiveness of the exercises was shown in practice. Evening piano concerts and a eurythmy presentation are also part of the program.

Jan Ranck was a student of Lea van der Pals and is a colleague of her successor in this field, Annemarie Baeschlin, and was involved with compositional and editorial suggestions for their publication “Ton-Heileurythmie”, Verlag am Goetheanum 1991, published in English in 2009 as “Tone Eurythmy Therapy” by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. Born in the USA, she studied music and comparative arts at Indiana University in Bloomington. She accompanied the London Stage Group on their 1976 USA tour and went on to study eurythmy at the Eurythmeum in Dornach, where she subsequently served as a teacher. In 1984 she joined the faculty of The London School of Eurythmy. She left there to complete a training in eurythmy therapy in Stuttgart in 1989, moving afterward to Israel, where she is currently the founding director of the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble (1990) and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy (1992). She is also an instructor in the Jerusalem Waldorf Teacher Bachelor Program in David Yellin Academic College, and a guest teacher in various venues worldwide, including the Goetheanum and the MA Program in Eurythmy held in Emerson College and Spring Valley. She is the representative for Israel in the International Department of Eurythmy Therapy (“Eurythmy Therapy Forum”) and has held the course in Tone Eurythmy Therapy at various venues on the British Isles and in the USA.

*Jan is a profoundly patient teacher… With her stringent guidance in attending to our experiences in the instrument and a healthy dose of humor she led us through specific focus to intensive engagement and new experience. Her artistry always tended towards clarifying the soul within the instrument and she guided us to mastering ourselves in the movement. -Glenda Monash, Eurythmy Therapist

*I definitely recommend to any physician who is interested in practicing anthroposophical medicine to partake in such a course. All physicians present…felt that we were much closer to being able to understand both our patients in their suffering and anthroposophy …as a consequence of the course. -Ross Rentea, MD

*I cannot remember when I have laughed so much, possibly as a result of not only Jan’s wonderful inclusion of humor in her teaching, but also of the health-giving effect of the exercises. -Elizabeth Carlson, Eurythmist

Soulful by Design, presents…
Dynamic Name™ Mandala:
Exploring Relationships through Harmonious Movement

A weekend eurythmy retreat with Soulful Wizardess Marta Stemberger
When: October 14-16, 2016
Where: Soulful by Design retreat, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Investment: $359 CDN
Space is limited to 10 people. Register early.
Register before October 1st + save: $325 CDN
(includes shared accommodations, meals & snacks)
For more info and to register visit ssi.hamoves.net/soulful-by-design
Your name holds a key to who you are and a secret to your purpose in this lifetime. Uncover the astrology hidden in your name and its immense potential for self-inquiry, relationships, conflict resolution, and team building. Connect deeper with yourself, the spiritual world, and with each other.
Explore the dynamics of relating through harmonious movement art of eurythmy. Discover how to untangle conflicts into awareness and understanding. Transform the flow of energy into conscious kinesthetic perception in the body, a valuable tool for harmonious relationships.

Move your song, feel your Soul. Dance your name, know thyself.

PDF Poster

Dear Eurythmists,

herewith we would like to send you information about the World Eurythmy Therapy Conference.
All eurythmists are invited to this conference!

www.goetheanum.org/Welt-Heileurythmiekonferenz.7742.0.html?&L=1

With many regards,
Hanna Koskinen

Sektion für Redende und Musizierende Künste
Hanna Koskinen
Goetheanum
Postfach
CH-4143 Dornach
Tel.  41 (0)61 706 43 59
srmk@goetheanum.ch
srmk.goetheanum.org

February 14-17, 2016
with Maren Stott of Eurythmy West Midlands
at East Bay Waldorf School in El Sobrante, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)
The conference begins Sunday evening with a performance of J.S. Bach’s Chaconne
and other pieces by Maren Stott. The daily schedule includes: 2 sessions of Tone
Eurythmy, Solo Masterclass, Pedagogical Sharing (5 grade levels per day
[pK-12/adult], bring your best pieces to share!), a Tea Break with snacks provided,
an optional Plenum, and time in the evening to explore the Bay Area. Wednesday
evening concludes the course with a collective performance of our work.
Conference fee $250. Limited to 23 participants.
Please RSVP to reserve your space with Isabella or Jazmin. A registration form and
more detailed information will be sent to you. Housing and meals are not included.
Scholarship/Work Study and local inexpensive housing is available as well as
catered lunches if there is enough interest. Please indicate your need when
registering.
Isabella: nijinska@hotmail.com
Jazmin: jazminmeilan@gmail.com

Click here for the PDF version!

Dear Eurythmists,

Please find enclosed (see  PDF below) our program for eurythmy courses within the Section  for Performing Arts. During some of the courses there is a possibility to have a short translation into English, even if the courses principally take place in German.
If you have any questions to these courses (or translation), please contact the Section: srmk@goetheanum.ch
With warm regards, Hanna Koskinen

Eurythmie-Kurse_2016

by Jan Ranck

April 1-10, 2016, at Camphill Ballytobin, Ireland

The course is warmly recommended for trained eurythmists, eurythmy therapists, medical doctors and music therapists.

Information and Registration: ginapoole@outlook.com
As space is limited, early registration is recommended.

Inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s indication that tone eurythmy therapy should be developed in addition to speech eurythmy therapy, the eurythmist Lea van der Pals and the medical doctor Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt worked together in the early 1970s to develop a sequence of exercises in connection with the diseases discussed in Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman’s book “Extending Practical Medicine”.

This course was taught for many years by Lea van der Pals within various eurythmy therapy trainings, and the effectiveness of the exercises was proven in practice.
When for health reasons Lea van der Pals was prevented from continuing to teach, she passed the torch to Annemarie Baeschlin, who took over holding the course and assisted Lea van der Pals in bringing the material into book form.

At this time Jan Ranck held the practice sessions within Annemarie Baeschlin’s courses, and was also involved with compositional and editorial suggestions for the publication “Ton – Heileurythmie”, Verlag am Goetheanum 1991, published in English in 2009 as “Tone Eurythmy Therapy” by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.

Jan Ranck did her eurythmy training in Dornach with Lea van der Pals, and her therapeutic eurythmy training in Stuttgart.
She was a faculty member of the Eurythmeum in Dornach and The London School of Eurythmy.
She is the founding director of the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble (1990) and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy (1992), and represents Israel in the International Department of Eurythmy Therapy (“Eurythmy Therapy Forum”).
She is also an instructor in the Jerusalem Waldorf Teacher Bachelor Program in David Yellin Academic College, and a guest teacher in various venues worldwide, including the Goetheanum, and the MA Program in Eurythmy held in Emerson College.

Besides the material mentioned above, Lea van der Pals’ book “The Human Being as Music” (Robinswood Press 1992), published in German in 1969 as “Der Mensch Musik”, is highly recommended as background reading for the course.

Anyone interested in initiating such a course in their own country may contact Jan directly at:   jranck@012.net.il

The Apollonian Course of 1915 Cosmic Word – Human Speech
6 – 10 April 2015
Conference of the Section for Performing Arts
The conference begins on Easter Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7 p.m. and ends on Friday, 10 April 2015, at 10 p.m.
In August 1915, Rudolf Steiner invited the four eurythmy teachers Elisabeth Dollfus, Tatiana Kisseleff, Lory Smits and Erna Wolfram to a course at the Goetheanum that would form the foundation for the further development of the cosmic dimension of eurythmy and of the soul qualities in speech. Now, a hundred years later, this conference will provide the framework for our explo- ration – in lectures, workshops and conversations – of the impulses given in 1915 and their unfolding since then. How are we making use of these foundations today?
Margrethe Solstad, Shaina Stoehr, Stefan Hasler
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