Euritmia - Colegio Waldorf Lima, Perú. (hd1080)

Eurythmy is the constant human effort to move from the everyday movement, the mundane walking we experience in daily life, to a much more conscious movement. Eurhythmy is a new art of movement. Etymologically, it means "eu," meaning beautiful or harmonious, and "rhythmy," meaning balance or ordered movement, a beautiful and harmonious rhythm; together, these give us the meaning of Eurythmy: the harmony of movement. As an art of movement, eurythmy makes music and poetry visible through all possible bodily movements, in group or individual choreographies. It is the applied discipline of Anthroposophy, a spiritual and scientific method for understanding ourselves, our place in the world, and reality. It originated in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century with Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy. This discipline has been and continues to be practiced throughout Europe since its inception: Sweden, Germany, Finland, Madrid, Barcelona... and its therapeutic value is confirmed in various anthroposophic clinics as well as in Waldorf schools. Since the founding of the first Waldorf school in 1919, eurythmy has been part of the school curriculum, accompanying students' development from kindergarten through high school. To truly understand eurythmy, I would first recommend experiencing it firsthand. But now we must try to define it. When we say that eurythmy is a new art of movement, there are already two nouns that deserve some clarification to unify our understanding: "art" and "movement." As an art of movement, eurythmy makes music and poetry visible through all possible bodily movements, in group or individual choreographies. And how is this achieved? During eurythmy training, students delve into the principles that bring poetry and music to life, such as rhythm, meter, and pitch in music; and in poetry, rhythm, style, and rhyme, to name a few elements. Bearing all this in mind, the eurythmist expresses these principles through bodily gestures that strive to be as faithful and truthful as possible to the auditory experience, since while performing eurythmy, one listens to the music or poetry being worked on/eurythmized. In other words, eurythmy makes the audible visible. It brings music and poetry to life on stage with eurythmic bodily gestures (especially of the arms, as an extension of feeling) and choreographic forms.