Through the human body as an instrument, Eurythmy expresses in movements the creative forces of Speech, Drama and Music. These are the realms in which the human soul and the spirit live, and through which the human being expresses different moods and contents.
As in all Arts, Eurythmy searches for the qualities and directions of each of its elements. It combines a musician‘s awareness of the uniqueness of every major and minor scale, a painter‘s sense of the special character of each of his colours, as well as an actor‘s sensitivity for the quality of gestures and language. Each sound, each tone, and each colour express a quality and creativity of their own, which are made visible and re-created into works of Art through the gestures and movements of Eurythmy.
The word Eurythmy comprises the Greek words 'eu-' (good, true, beautiful) and 'rhythmos' (formed and structured flow). Rhythm is one of the most prominent elements of life and development, and can be observed widely in nature (seasons, day/night, plant forms, stars and planets, etc.) and in the human being (breathing, blood, stages of development, etc.). Unfortunately, natural rhythms are often disturbed due to various hectic and un-rhythmical aspects of our modern time. Through its various forms, as an Art, in Education and as a tool for Therapy, Eurythmy can be a valuable source of stabilisation for the human being, as it brings back harmony.
Eurythmy works positively on the rhythms of the human soul by balancing joy and sadness, courage and fear, sympathy and antipathy. Through Eurythmy these individual feelings are accessed and transformed into a possibility for development of the person‘s Inner Self, leading to an opening for and a greater understanding of other people‘s feelings as well.
At a conscious level rhythm appears between being awake and sleeping, and in the abilities to discover, to investigate and to be creative at all levels of life. Eurythmy strengthens the Ego, enables the human being to fulfil the task of leading a responsible life - responsible towards oneself, towards nature and towards the community.
In these ways Eurythmy can work in all fields of human life. As an Art, Eurythmy presents itself to the community, performing and demonstrating the movements and gestures that result from the eurythmists‘ inner work. In Education, Eurythmy has the task of harmonising and balancing children and adults in their development. As a Therapy, Eurythmy has healing powers, through working intensively and individually with carefully selected gestures and movements for specific illnesses. And social settings, Eurythmy can refresh colleagueship and other social skills, work in a healing and community-building way (factories, jails, hospitals, etc.).