At the turn of the century a revolution was taking place in many of the arts. Young artists of that time were dissatisfied with the codified styles that seemed to leave no room for new forms and expressions. The inspirational core of many disciplines had become buried within the technique. In dance, painting, music, poetry and other mediums, artists began experimenting in areas of expression previously unseen. It was into this fertile climate that eurythmy was born. In 1912 Frau Smits, the mother a young girl who loved movement, asked
Rudolf Steiner the question, Was it possible to find new sources from which an art of movement could be developed?

In answer to this question posed by Frau Smits, Rudolf Steiner went into an entirely different direction than changes happening in the field of dance. He was looking for an art that would lift the veil between the spiritual and material dimensions of life; an art that would make the language of the spiritual world visible. His explorations brought him to the utterances of the human being; speaking and singing. As described in "About Eurythmy", human sound is a bridge between the two dimensions of life, inner and outer, spiritual and material. Eurythmy reveals the deeper origins of life through the embodiment of the spiritual forces that live within human speaking and singing.

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