Working together
On 16 February speech artists, eurythmists and musicians from around the Goetheanum presented the programme Rings ist alles Wandlung (All is change around us).
Contributions from individual artists and groups, who are working independently of each other, were woven into a meaningful whole. Speech eurythmy, tone eurythmy and artistic speech alternated in this programme that proceeded from the more light-hearted to human nature and the elements to existential soul experiences such as pain and insight and back to lighter motifs.
The eurythmy was developed directly out of the poetry and compositions, enlivened and formed, without any artistic superstructure. Using classic, romantic and modern poetry, the speech artists demonstrated the wide range of possibilities in their art.
I was impressed with the poems of anthroposophical women poets like Lea van der Pals, Gerda Lehn and Elisabeth Wagner, with their way of joining concept and knowledge with a sense of beauty (which reminded me of Stine Andresen’s work).
Quite a few of these artists have to earn a living in other professions, and yet, they cultivate, practise and present their work, keeping alive the anthroposophical cultural impulse that inspires them.
This initiative to bring together anthroposophical artists of different disciplines goes back to the eurythmist Ute Medebach. On this occasion – facilitated by Margrethe Solstad – there were nineteen eurythmists, six speech artists and five musicians.