Event this Sunday in Thornhill!

Here is the Invitation to the recent workshop-performance in Thornhill. If you would like to make a donation to Northern Star Eurythmy, please see "Foundation Stone Meditation" on the sidebar.

Northern Star Eurythmy is presenting a workshop and performance around the Foundation Stone Meditation in Thornhill at 2pm on Sunday February 1 at the Toronto Waldorf School. See below for Invitation details.

The group would like to acknowledge the support of the people at the Ita Wegman Foundation and the Camphill Foundation who have been so helpful and encouraging during the launch of the Northern Star Eurythmy project. Thank you!

INVITATION From Northern Star Eurythmy

Eurythmy Performance and Workshop around the Foundation Stone Meditation of the Anthroposophical Society, Sunday, February 1, 2009, 2-3pm, Toronto Waldorf School

Rudolf Steiner dedicated his life to bringing spiritual knowledge into the realm of modern scientific thought, personal meditation and transformative work, with the goal of renewing human beings, society and the earth itself. His last, and many consider his greatest effort to bring this about, was the renewal of the Anthroposophical Society at the Christmas Conference in Dornach, Switzerland, at Christmastime 1923-24. As the heart of this renewal he gave the mighty Foundation Stone Meditation, which, he said, brought together the central knowledge and wisdom of Anthroposophy.
In the months following the conference he gave a eurythmic choreography for this Meditation, which was performed exclusively in Dornach for many decades. In the 1990's then the decision was made to carry this work out into the world. As part of this impulse Dorothea Mier, from Eurythmy Spring Valley, came to Toronto, Canada, in November, ‘05, to work on the Foundation Stone Meditation eurythmically with all who were interested.
Out of this workshop a group, varying in number and participation from meeting to meeting, went on to continue this work for the next two years. Slowly but surely a knowledge of the forms, the gestures, the rhythms and other aspects grew between us. In Spring, 2007, this work group received the invitation to perform the Foundation Stone Meditation at the “Encircling Light, Expectant Silence” Conference of the North, to be held in White Horse, Yukon, Canada, in August, 2009.
Out of this the decision was made to found ourselves as a performing group dedicated to work on the Foundation Stone Meditation, Northern Star Eurythmy. Now, a year later, we are prepared to begin sharing this work. Next Sunday, February 1, we will be conducting a workshop and performance, open to all who are interested, at the Toronto Waldorf School in Thornhill. The whole group will be invited to explore motifs of the movements of the different sections of the piece together, after which we will perform parts of the Meditation on stage, in proper costume.
The workshop may provide deepening to those who have studied the Meditation on their own, and a dynamic introduction to those who are interested in exploring it for the first time. We invite everyone to come and join us!
In addition to sharing our work, we are hoping to raise much needed funds to cover the costs of costumes, lighting, conference fees and flights to the Yukon. We will be asking for a free-will donation–we suggest $20 per person as a guideline. We are a project of the Ita Wegman Foundation, a Canadian charity, and donations are eligible for tax receipts.
For further information, please call Maria Helms (905-883-0323) or Mark McAlister (905-883-3409).