Creative sources
The strengthening of our own creative forces, contemplation of our real environment and the ongoing development of training have informed this working year.
Art has to do with skill but it can best develop when it is actively practised. 2019 has seen a multitude of productions presented under the aegis of the Performing Arts Section, including Henrik Ibsen’s play Brand, the performance of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas, Hermann Grimm’s Demetrius, the evenings shaped by the Play Space initiative and the programmes of the Goetheanum Eurythmy Ensemble. In the music department, the «Archive Concerts» with works by anthroposophical composers have gained momentum, as the head of the Section, Stefan Hasler points out, and plans are afoot to make the musical scores available on the Section homepage.
The skill aspect brings us to the question of training. In eurythmy we have worked on criteria for equivalent part- and full-time training programmes, with consideration being given to life experience and the ability to work independently. In artistic speech we continue to encourage individual approaches and quality promotion.
And lastly, art takes place in a concrete environment. In response to the omnipresence of digital technology, the puppet players have explored the question as to how the etheric as a life force can be strengthened. The speech therapists, too, have been focusing on actual life situations.
A new German edition of Eurythmy as Visible Speech (GA 279) is expected towards the end of the year, with a special feature: not only the final result but also the origin of Rudolf Steiner’s blackboard drawings will be documented.