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Thursday, Sept 9 at 7:30pm

Acting Workshop

CHEKHOV ACTING TECHNIQUES FOR NON-ACTORS

Dorothy Emmerson

Theater masks in a Pompeian mosaic.These workshops present the art of acting for the non-actor as a means of awakening imagination and stirring creativity. We experience how the physical body becomes a more effective instrument of self expression when we develop a conscious relationship to space, movement and the inner self. Along with enjoying the little bit of actor inside each of us, this work can support us in being more expressive and open in daily life and in building presence and confidence to meet the world. First and last the workshop is experiential, in line with Chekhov’s remark that in consciousness the actor needs a large body but a small head! — Next workshop October 11th.

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.

  

Friday, Sept 10 at 7pm

Members’ Evening

Monthly Members’ Evening A lecture and discussion on the international study theme of the year. — Open to all members of the Anthroposophical Society.


  

Monday, Sept 20 at 7pm

Eurythmy Workshop

Eurythmy for Michaelmas

Linda Larson

Please join us for an evening of eurythmy as we move together in the mood and spirit of Michaelmas, striving toward strength of will, courage of soul and an inner deepening of the human “Gemϋt,” a quality of soul without simple English equivalent which Rudolf Steiner refers to many times.
— Please bring soft-soled shoes.  Beginners are welcome, no previous eurythmy experience is necessary.

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.

  

Wednesday, Sept 22 at 7pm

10-Part Lecture Series

ESSENTIAL STEINER: Insight Into Anthroposophy

David Anderson

Just as an explorer, when visiting any unknown place, must be prepared with money, knowledge of the local language, and other survival tools, so must one coming to anthro­posophy be prepared with a body of knowledge which will facilitate an understanding of the works of Rudolf Steiner and other anthroposophical literature. These lectures are intended to provide that preparation and will enrich future anthroposophical studies for those who receive them.

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

Saturday, Sept 25, from 10am to 5pm

Friday Lecture, Saturday Workshop with Pastel Drawing

The Green Snake & The Beautiful Lily

Joan Almon
and
Phoebe Alexander


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.

  

Saturday, Sept 25, 7pm

*student discount

Performance

The Green Snake & The Beautiful Lily:
A Retelling of Goethe’s Tale

Laurie Portocarrero & Glen Williamson

 

How do we get through the crises in our lives when all seems lost? In this story, the transformation comes about through a community of individuals, each contributing his or her own capacities.

“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.

  

Sunday, Sept 26,
4–6pm

Youth Group Presentation

Twenty-First Century Perspectives

Jordan Walker, Kathleen Morse, Nathaniel Williams

 

Join us on Sunday afternoon as representatives of the North American Youth Section share current and future perspectives on the international youth work. We will explore the emerging cultural landscape of new initiatives and what it might mean for the Anthroposophical Society and wider Michaelic Movement. 

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.

  

Monday, Sept 27, 7pm

Lecture

The Invisible Technology & The Battle For Life

Andrew Linnell

Anthroposophy awakens responsibility for the future of humanity. In the West it sees us as particularly attuned to “mechanical occultism,” the relationship to machines. Most serious of our technological challenges is GNR—genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics. GNR visionary Ray Kurzweil foresees a merger of human and machine, nanomedicine offering us immortality, and a “singularity” where artificial intelligence will surpass that of the human. How should we face such a future? Is humanity’s moral level high enough to meet it?

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.

  

Wednesday, Sept 29 at 7pm

Lecture
(first of two evenings)

Working With the Spirit of Our Times

Jesús Amadeo

That Spirit has been described as taciturn, one who refrains from inspiring us in order to preserve our freedom, who does not reveal his presence until we choose to take a first step towards selfless action and who supports global unifying actions that rise above egoism and nationalism. Michael asks that we take initiative, selflessly and in freedom.  We will talk about what steps we can take to work in congruence with him from the perspectives of individual, social, and global action. The second evening lecture is on October 20th.

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.

  

Friday, October 1 at 7pm

Special Members’ Evening - Open to All

An Evening with Documentary Film Maker Jonathan Stedall

For this special members’ evening, open to everyone, our guest will be long-time BBC documentary film maker Jonathan Stedall. He will speak about his current project, a documentary on Rudolf Steiner entitled “The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner,” and will also present video selections from earlier films. This latest film confronts the challenges of understanding the essence of Rudolf Steiner’s message, as well as the challenge of taking the vision behind that message into the future.
Refreshments will be served.

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.

  

Saturday, Oct 2 at 5pm

Community Festival Event

Michaelmas Potluck Dinner & Concert This first major social event of the season continues our celebration of “100 Years of Anthroposophy in America and NYC.” It is time to harvest our summer bounty of new experience, new growth and new insights, gather with old and new friends over a healthful and delicious meal that all provide.

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

  

Saturday, Oct 9 at 3pm

Art Exhibit Opening

Paintings & Drawings by David Anderson This exhibit is on view Sept 17 to Nov 10.

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.
 

   

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