41. Eurythmy Performance

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Allow me to say a few words about our eurythmic performance, not to explain what is to be presented, because an artistic work must evoke the direct impression for which it is intended through its own content. Of course, an art that requires explanation cannot be a true art. But here we are opening up a new source of art. And just as it would be ridiculous today to precede a concert with an introduction, it will also be ridiculous in the future when we are convinced from the corresponding cultural period, which is the source of this eurythmic art, to precede a eurythmic presentation with such an introduction. Today, however, the art of eurythmy is still in its infancy, and it is necessary to talk about the special nature and essence of the sources from which it draws.

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