Eurythmy Performance

It is similar with the vocal and musical elements. If we play any musical piece on an instrument, it can be accompanied by singing and movements of the arms and hands. However, it must always be borne in mind that eurythmy differs from dance in that in dance it is primarily important for the person to put what they want to achieve into their legs, so to speak, whereas in eurythmy the essential element lies in the movement of the arms and hands, and what resembles dance movements can at most be an accompaniment to the actual eurythmic movement that takes place in the arms and hands, just as our facial expressions and gestures complement what we express through speech. There is always something unartistic about eurythmy when it merges into dance. And there is something brutal about eurythmy turning into dance, because eurythmy is singing to what is played musically on the instrument.