Eurythmy Performance

But, my dear friends, my esteemed audience, what is human expression in this regard is, I would say, only a partial revelation of human language. Human language primarily takes up thoughts. The way it takes up thoughts, especially within our present-day civilization, has even led to our losing poetry through the intellectualization of poetry. This is most evident in the fact that, although reactions against this have rightly made themselves felt, we are no longer able to recite and declaim in the usual way. Dr. Steiner has spent years working hard to rediscover declamation and recitation in their true form.