Eurythmy (Language and Music as a Basis for Movement)

The human voice is one of the most remarkable of instruments. It has the capacity to transform our inner experiences into another medium, sound. When the sounds of language and song are intoned, they set into motion unique gestures through the air. Artistically expressed, they reveal the specific gestures belonging to each consonant and vowel, each musical tone and interval. These forms living in sound, within our selves and in the world, become the basis for the art form of eurythmy.

Form – Movement – Language: all “sound” the essential nature of the world in different ways. Eurythmy is a movement art that brings all three together. It gives expression to the voice of the human being, through movement, color, and form. When this integration takes place through eurythmy, the spiritual nature of each living thing has a clear voice – a visible reality. The living mysteries that form our body, our soul, the stars and the seas, speak in the gestures of language and life. Eurythmy brings these gestures into a rich, expressive art form.