Dorothy Emmerson

a long-time professional actress in regional theater, at Lincoln Center, off and on Broadway with Maureen Stapelton, Jerry Orbach and Dustin Hoffman. She has taught the Michael Chekhov acting technique in many cities and uses it also in teaching voice.

Questions: 212-580-8853.

Linda Larson

therapeutic eurythmist at the Rudolf Steiner School, NYC, eurythmy diplomas from the van der Pals Eurythmy Academy at the Goetheanum and London School of Therapeutic Eurythmy; holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Lecture 1: Art History:
The Time Spirit’s (Archai’s) work on humanity is revealed with particular clarity in the history of art. We will explore the grand overview with slides and descriptions.
— Future dates: 10/13 Steiner’s Art; 11/17 Philosophy.

David Anderson

holds an MA in Art and certificates from Emerson College (Waldorf education), the Wagner School at the Goetheanum (teaching painting); has taught drawing and Wagner painting at Rudolf Steiner School in NYC and around the world.

Friday, Sept 24 at 7pm - normal fees+*student discount

The Unfolding Of the Human Ego – Joan Almon
Like all true fairy tales, the Green Snake tells the tale of the incarnation of the human being with all the challenges, sacrifices and moments of intense uplift that are part of life. This story is a complex one and we will begin with a brief telling of the tale. We will then examine some of the mysteries contained in it, especially the role of sacrifice and love in the fulfillment of the human being.
— For ages 14+; *special discount fee: $8 for Waldorf HS students.

Saturday, Sept 25, 10am to 5pm - special fees below

10am–12 noon: Joan Almon
Goethe’s fairy tale made a deep impression on Rudolf Steiner who used it as the springboard for his own Mystery Dramas, the first of which was enacted 100 years ago. We will examine many motifs from the fairy tale with particular focus on the Lily and the Prince and their counterparts in the Mystery Dramas.

1:30–3pm: Phoebe Alexander
Artistic Session with exploration of selected motifs
Pastel drawing/painting of selected motifs from the story: Depending on the number of attendees, we will divide up into smaller groups so that each of several motifs can be separately explored. These motifs will then be hung to review with conversation, both here and in the following presentation.

3:30–5pm: Joan Almon
The Green Snake tale goes beyond most fairy tales and opens the door to the mysteries of social transformation. That the Lily and the Prince are wed is not surprising, for the alchemical wedding is a frequent motif in fairy tales. But in this tale the Temple also rises and becomes “the most frequented on the whole Earth.” The tale looks toward a New Jerusalem, a new social order, and its repeated refrain that “the time is at hand” lends a sense of immediacy. This is not an old story but a contemporary one. We too are caught in enchantments but the promise of personal and social transformation is great.

FEES:
Friday Lecture only: regular fees; *$8 for Waldorf HS;
Saturday workshop only: $60/40, $40/30 or 3 freq tickets,
*$20 for Waldorf HS;
Friday & Saturday workshop: $70/50, &50/40 or 4 freq tickets, *$25 for Waldorf HS students.

Joan Almon

recently Co-General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America, co-founder and director of the Alliance for Childhood in the US, for 30 years a Waldorf kindergarten teacher and consultant to kindergartens in North America and around the world.

Phoebe Alexander

has offered art and seasonal craft workshops for many years, including anthroposophic painting therapy at the Fellowship Community for 15 years. She is trained in anthroposophic art therapy, therapeutic recreation, Waldorf pedagogy and horticulture.

“Goethe’s Fairy Tale places before us, in the form of artistic images, the first steps on the path which at length can enable people to come to know themselves as beings of body, soul and spirit, with all that this implies… Thus this fairy tale can be of inestimable help on our spiritual path as we learn to follow its unfolding pictorial events, as we let it work in us and make it our own. Then it can indeed become the door through which we can enter into this land of truth, this land of reality for which we all long today. If one were to ask: ‘How did anthroposophy originate? How did this modern science of spirit come to be?’ we can answer: ‘Truly, it all began with a fairy tale.’”

— For ages 14+; *$8 for Waldorf HS students.

Laurie Portocarrero & Glen Williamson

longtime members of the Actors’ Ensemble, have toured widely, drawing on Michael Chekhov’s approach in their acting and storytelling careers: with The Green Snake and Beautiful Lily since 2005, The Gospel of St. John since 2007, and the original two-person play Aeschylus Unbound written by the late film star Mala Powers and Glen Williamson.

Jordan Walker

project coordinator for Threefold Educational Center, Spring Valley, NY (threefold.org), core group member of Think OutWord (thinkoutword.org) peer-led training in social threefolding, and 2008 Credere social art community grantee for the new forms project (newformsproject.org), social sculpture exploring the intersection between life and sacred, aesthetic, technology.

Kathleen Morse

as class teacher just graduated the 8th grade at Monadnock Waldorf School in Keene, NH; attending conferences, working with the Youth Section and the Youth Initiative Program (YIP) in Jarna, Sweden as well as IDEM- identity through initiative.

Nathaniel Williams

born and raised in the southeastern US, lives in Harlemville, NY; studied painting, marionettes and anthroposophy in Basel, Switzerland, teaches in Waldorf schools and the Free Columbia Art Course, has created marionette productions of Faust and Oedipus.

Andrew Linnell

president of the Anthroposophical Society in Greater Boston and a veteran of computing and related technologies, is currently employed at EMC. Son of an astronomy professor, Andrew questioned the relationship of science and religion from a young age, finding his answer in anthroposophy in 1977. He lectures widely on topics from quantum physics to the Knights Templars.

Jesús Amadeo

a student of anthroposophy for more than three decades. Jesús is SVP & CFO for a large social research organization in NYC. He has conducted and taught spiritual research for many years and is a classholder in NYC for the School of Spiritual Science.

Jonathan Stedall

in the Sixties made films in Wales with John Betjeman and Gwyn Thomas, and in 1968 he made the award-winning film In Need of Special Care about a Scottish Camphill school. His film biographies of Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Jung have been highly acclaimed. His book Where on Earth is Heaven? was published in 2009.

Contact: Phoebe Alexander: 212-744-0257 or phoebe@artopathy.com.

The works have been produced over the last twelve years, including recent and never-before-exhibited pieces. All the work shows a consistent effort to implement the indications of Rudolf Steiner while pursuing individual inclinations and interests. Throughout the exhibit an effort is visible to recreate the essential aspects of nature in all its realms, not as outward copy but as re-creation of it from the inside out.
Refreshments will be served.

David Anderson

holds an MA in Art and certificates from Emerson College (Waldorf education), the Wagner School at the Goetheanum (teaching painting); has taught drawing and Wagner painting at Rudolf Steiner School in NYC and around the world.
 

FEES:
Below each program are two pairs of fees, the first pair for Non-Members and the second pair for Members of Anthroposophy NYC ("the Branch"). Within each pair of fees the lower one is for Seniors, Full-time Students or active Waldorf teachers, unless otherwise noted.

FREQUENCY DISCOUNT TICKETS:
Purchased in advance: 25% Discount for 10 Events, 15% Discount for 5 Events.

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY:
No one is turned away from any event for inability to pay.

Best contribution is always allowed.