Many new to Waldorf education often ask, 鈥淲hat is Eurythmy?鈥� when they hear it is offered as part of the curriculum.
At its simplest, s鈥媡udents l鈥媏arn鈥� 鈥媔ntentional 鈥媘ovement through exercises, patterns and games 鈥媡hat increase in complexity鈥� through the grades. 鈥婽hey learn to move in thoughtful and disciplined ways in collaboration with others. While this art is soulful and expressive, it also teaches skills like cooperation, spatial and sensory awareness, midline crossing for brain building, motor skills and more. 鈥�
鈥婻udolf Steiner said Eurythmy is :
“music translated into movement…”
“visible speech, visible music…”
“offering to the human being a means of expression suited to his whole organisation…”
Susan Elmore, In her article published on the blog speaks more deeply about the 鈥渨hys鈥� of offering this art form as a curriculum subject:
鈥淓urythmy both requires and develops focus and goodwill. There is power in listening, imagining, and moving together, with the shy ones overcoming their reticence, the loud ones their desire for attention, the slow ones their inertia, and the assertive ones their desire to be first. Everyone can generously become part of something bigger, and in so doing, find balance.鈥�
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