Nach unten, auf den Schultern, seitlich, nach oben

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16 Kurven

Eurythmie

Kreis-Tanz

1.-2.-3. Nach Innen-Außen

Sanskrit Verse

                                 

   Ancient India

In eurythmy the mood of India lives in the gesture for ‘Ah.’ This

movement streams to and fro from the periphery and is held in the

mood of wonder and longing to return to the heavens. In this gesture is

expressed their wish to return to the Golden Age, when men and the

gods co-existed as brothers in goodness and bliss. Stories from other

ancient cultures that exist today in tribes from Africa or South America

tell us that this closeness to the divine brings a social peace and happiness

unknown to modern cultures.

A note of warning: It is very difficult for tenth graders to sustain the

‘Ah’ gesture. They will become sleepy and bored if this is the opening

study. So begin the choreography in eurythmical movement, and, after

creating the forms with them and studying the period, ask them how this

longing to return to the spiritual existence can be shown in gesture. They

will have the opportunity to transform the movement upward, in feeling,

raised on the toes and streaming into the form of the ‘Ah.’ This activity

will open the way for them to easily find the gestures for the succeeding

epochs out of the mood of the times. It is an exciting opportunity for

them to use their intuitive powers and to integrate their knowledge on

a higher level.

– Satapatha Brahmana

From Whom the whole world springs

To Whom it returns again

By whom it is surely sustained

To Him the Self who knoweth all

Be all honor.

– Translated by Virginia Brett

Notes and eurythmy from Hanna Kress

English can be done as well as Sanskrit.