“The Devil and the Three Golden Hairs” will be performed by the Puget Sound Eurythmy Troupe at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 23 at Thomas Berry Hall, The Whidbey Institute in Clinton.
Sponsored by the Whidbey Island Waldorf School, admission to this all-ages event is free and open to the public. Please join us for a lively, colorful, fun-loving extravaganza!
Eurythmy is a movement based art form developed by Rudolf Steiner in collaboration with Marie von Sivers in the early 20th century. Eurythmy can be thought of as a performance art form that has applications in education and other fields such as the workplace (“social eurythmy”) or health and wellness. Eurythmy is also used therapeutically to restore equilibrium to sufferers of attention deficit, sleep disorders, respiratory illness and other conditions.
Eurythmy is not to be confused with Eurhythmics, a method of music education that uses movement to teach music concepts.
Eurythmy is usually performed synchronously with either speech or music. Starting with the premise that all art is the revelation of concealed laws of nature, eurythmy takes the instrument of the human body and makes visible the hidden gesture of the speech organs, or of musical tone. Through deliberate, sculpted movement, sounds take on physical form. It is often said that eurythmy is “speech or music made visible.” Young children respond to its simple rhythms and exercises, while older students find new meaning in poetry, drama, and music they are representing with their body. Eurythmy augments coordination, strengthens the ability to listen, deepens perceptions, enhances social relationships and group cohesiveness, and is generally intended to harmonize a student’s body and energy.
We are delighted to invite members of the community to share in this rare opportunity to see a professional eurythmy troupe bring language alive in gesture and movement. Parking at The Whidbey Institute is limited, so please arrive early.
For additional information, call Maureen Marklin, Administrator, Whidbey Island Waldorf School, 341-5686.
