Eurythmy Spring Valley

From 15 February until 7 March, the Eurythmy Spring Valley toured the UK, Germany and finally Switzerland, presenting their programme Into the Heart’s Unknown.

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Into the Heart’s Unknown addresses the questions of where we come from and what moves our hearts. In the shown confrontation with the outside world lay a certain solemnity and heaviness, whereas light appeared in the quest for life.

The way we relate to the world around us was reflected in the scene with Titania and Oberon from William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nature and the seasons are turned upside down and chaos reigns because an argument has erupted between the two.

The theme of love (the motto being that all matters of the heart must by necessity be about love) was portrayed cheerfully, with rods employed with pizzazz, references to the temperaments and musical interludes. Calmness descended when Night was presented, the time when we approach the stars and cosmic music touches our lips like a solemn word. The deep-blue of the gowns and white veils accentuated the serenity. The Chopin ballad which concluded the programme was like a summary of what had gone before, the multiple hues of heart and soul reflected in the piece’s drama and dynamic.

A great breath lay over the whole programme. The ensemble moved with width and abundance out of one stream, creating subtly out of one soul space, each passing on what they received, surrendering it, which was visible not least in the connection with the periphery and the veils, conveying a sense of a living presence. Music and words spoke in movement, colours and forms.

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