Welcome to the website of the Eurythmy Association of Great Britain and Ireland.  The Association exists as a voluntary body to further the work of eurythmy and eurythmists throughout the British Isles.  Revealed and further developed by the Austrian scientist, educator and philosopher Dr Rudolf Steiner (1861- 1925), eurythmy came into being as a new art of movement in the early decades of the 20th Century.  Through the instrument of the human body, eurythmy strives to reveal the fundamental creative principles underlying speech and music.

Eurythmy began as a new performing art of movement but soon after its inception eurythmy found further application in the realms of education and therapy. More recently an additional application has been developed in the social realm working with the dynamics of personal relationships and team building within organisations.  Further information on eurythmy can be found here.

The Eurythmy Association of Great Britain and Ireland was re-founded at a conference in Botton Village in July 2006 with a mandate to support eurythmy generally and the work of eurythmists in all spheres in which they are active. The Association acknowledges itself to be an integral part of the working of the Anthroposophical Societies in both Great Britain and Ireland.

Through its first origins as a performing art, the Association's members also recognise the connection of eurythmy to the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech, Drama and Music at the School for Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum, Dornach.

News!!

PLEASE NOTE: The dates for the End of Year Festival/Graduation for Eurythmy West Midlands have been changed to 26th & 27th June.  See Courses & Events.

• The Spring Newsletter of the Section for the Performing Arts is now available for download in the Members Section of the website.
• We are delighted the current Newsletter of the Eurythmy Association of North America is now available for download from the Documents Archive in the Members Section of the Website.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• There will be no Eurythmy Association Summer Conference in 2009 to allow colleagues to attend the eurythmists and speakers conference (16th - 18th July inclusive) and/or the following public eurythmy conference (19th - 24th July) at the Goetheanum, Dornach.
• The programme and application form for the Conference for eurythmists and speakers "Moving speech and Speech in movement" at the Goetheanum, Dornach (16th to 18th July) is now available for download here.
• The programme and application form for the public "Symphonic Eurythmy Conference"  at the Goetheanum, Dornach (19th to 24th July) is now available for download here.
• IMPORTANT: The AGM will take place in Dornach on 19th July at 11.30am between the two conferences.  Please note this date in your diary.
• Finally it greatly facilitates our administration if members can pay their subscription by standing order. The form can be downloaded here. Please take the completed form to your bank and send a copy to us.

MAY 2009 SURVEYS ON PAY AND CONDITIONS

Following the request at the AGM in Summer 2008 we have now produced a further survey for colleagues working in educational eurythmy and teaching public (lay) courses to adults/children or in adult education.

Please download these and return them by email/fax or post by 20th June. The larger the response the better we will be able to ascertain what is the current situation. 

Educational Eurythmy survey is available here.
Public (lay) Course Eurythmy survey is available here.

FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES
(Please see "Courses & Events" page for full details)

Latest Website Updates:

1st June 2009
Summer Newsletter uploaded; News updated; Courses & Events updated.

20th May 2009
Section Newsletter uploaded.

6th May 2009
Vacancies updated.

5th April 2009
Council Agendas & Minutes uploaded.

2nd March 2009
Educational eurythmy article uploaded; EANA Spring Newsletter uploaded.

25th February 2009
Dornach Summer Conference Programmes/Application Forms uploaded.

5th February 2009
Updated Membership list uploaded.

24th October 2008
Autumn Newsletter uploaded; Section Newsletters uploaded.

 

28th July 2008
AGM Agenda & Minutes 2008 uploaded; Council Agendas & Minutes 2007-2008 uploaded.

22nd July 2008
Summer Conference Music & Choreography uploaded.

3rd April 2007
Eurythmy Music for Teachers uploaded.