Working conditions
Stefan Hasler is in contact with his colleagues worldwide on how the artistic, pedagogical and therapeutic work can be continued
Given that teaching has moved to the family home, eurythmy teachers and therapists ask themselves how they can effectually reach their students through the media. What is frustrating for them is that no real warmth can be created without physical presence: warmth of movement and of the eyes, warmth that can only be created in a group. “The warmth of the air is necessary so that something can really grow between people,” is how Stefan Hasler summarizes the problem. On the other hand, teachers welcome the fact that the young people are challenged and have become more independent in the way they work. It is not clear yet how much importance is assigned to the arts in our present society. Freelancers suffer most from the difficult working conditions.
The eurythmy and speech schools allow their graduates to complete their training. It does not matter that they cannot come to the Goetheanum for this; what matters is that they find solutions that suit the situation in their particular country. Graduates should receive a qualification that enables them to practise their profession, but at the same time a record needs to be kept on what needs to be caught up with later: there are certain competences essential to the artistic work that can only be acquired in a group process.
The projects of the Eurythmy Research Institute are continued, such as a commentary on GA 279 (Eurythmy as Visible Speech) and the work on the Apollonian Course.