Address on Eurythmy

What the eurythmist does with his body and hands when he is at rest is nothing other than expressing, instead of the larynx and its appendages, what is involved in speech apart from the immediate speech organs. What is otherwise expressed partially in the larynx is represented by the whole human being in the individual movements. It is something that can be read in the whole human being. In addition to the movements of the larynx and so on, there are also effects in the lungs and other organs. These have a subtle effect, giving timbre, fundamental tone, and emotional content to speech. These are restrained movements. This happens through the whole movement of the eurythmist, an individual or even a group, a choir. In group movements, we release what are otherwise restrained movements. This is the basis of eurythmy.