We are celebrating him and his work with a talk by Daniel Polikoff on the past and future of anthroposophy as well as a eurythmy and speech presentation. Refreshments are offered.

Attention: Please note that the HS drama club is offering one of their four shows at 2pm in Bushnell Center and the parking lot will already be full. Please allow enough time to find parking in the neighborhood or use ride share/public transport. A timely start is appreciated and donations most welcome.

Commemorating Rudolf Steiner on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death.

Daniel Polikoff will sketch some of the contours of Steiner’s revolutionary vision of “the wisdom of the human being,” accenting Steiner’s own ideas pertaining to the evolution of consciousness. Drawing upon a verse Steiner wrote near the end of his life (which will be performed in eurythmy), he will attempt, too, to view aspects of contemporary social thought through an anthroposophical lens, spotlighting the question of the nature and durability of Steiner’s legacy.

The presentation will begin promptly at 3 pm. Please plan enough time to meet and greet and be seated. Thank you.

Tuesday, February 18 @ 7pm, 470 West Portal Ave. SF

Eurythmy groups from 5 different High Schools present. Save your seat in advance!

Please note that this performance is a ‘pay as you can’ with a minimum of $5 to reserve a seat. Use the link below to pre-book and enter your donation amount in the ticket price field. EANA is grateful for any and every contribution. http://ticketsource.us/eana We look forward to seeing you there.

Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble is touring the wider Bay Area with their Program

“A Shovel of Stars Overhead: Where to? What next?”

The Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble is one of the most active eurythmy touring groups situated in the US. The ensemble has toured and performed continuously since 1986, bringing full evening programs, children’s programs, and special performance projects to schools, communities, and conferences all over North America, Europe, and Asia. It has been more than a decade since Eurythmy Spring Valley has come to Northern California. Join us for these rare opportunities, additional dates are coming.

“A shovel of stars overhead: Where to? What Next?” embodies the longing, questioning and bewilderment that belong to this moment in America, while asking where, from whom, and how something greater can come to be. The program is inspired by the words and compositions of a diversity of artists who poignantly reflect the tensions of their own time. These include the beloved and influential Langston Hughes, statesman Archibald MacLeish, the modern lyric Denise Levertov, and great American bard Walt Whitman. Levertov and other poets in the program orient us to the transcendent presence of the invisible in our midst. Evocative 20th-century American composer Henry Cowell sets the stage, while contemporary composer Grigory Smirnov threads through the tensions to a quieter, inner place. The rich harmonies of Sibelius and Chopin weave past into future, and east into west, leading us to the grandeur, purpose, and elemental urge in Antonin Dvorak‘s final movement of the “Dumky” piano trio. Written not long before Dvorak’s maiden voyage to America, the trio’s changing harmonies and rhythms seem to anticipate the dawning vistas of a new land, and reflect something of the elusive and vast, young and surging, fighting but maturing American spirit.

The Saturday show is sold out. Please purchase tickets for Sunday in advance, availability is limited:http://ticketsource.us/eana

High School Eurythmy Groups from 5 different cities are sharing their work as part of a Eurythmy Festival co-sponsored by the Eurythmy Association of North America (EANA) and San Francisco Waldorf School. Support the striving of these students and attend their final evening sharing at the Bushnell Center. Tickets are ‘pay what you can’ @ ticketsource.us/eana

Saturday February 15 and Sunday 16, 2025

“A Shovel of Stars Overhead: Where to? What next?” embodies the longing, questioning, and bewilderment that belong to this moment in America, while asking where, from whom, and how something greater can come to be. The program is inspired by the words and compositions of a diversity of artists who poignantly reflect the tensions of their own time. These include the beloved and influential Langston Hughes, statesman Archibald MacLeish, the modern lyric Denise Levertov, and great American bard Walt Whitman.

The Eurythmy Association in North America EANA is facilitating this San Francisco performance of the Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble with their current touring program.

*Please note that due to the different venue, tickets available at the door are extremely limited and we recommend ordering ahead through http://ticketsource.us/eana so you will have a seat.

Friday December 20, 2024 – 5 pm @ SFWS Grade School Dakin Hall

Come join us for this holiday tradition as members of the faculty of SFWS will perform. A light reception will follow the performance. We look forward to seeing old and new friends. Ut Hoy!

on Sunday, November 3 @ 3 pm

You are invited to gather in the eurythmy room at the SF Waldorf High School, 470 West Portal Ave

Please arrive promptly and find your way quietly to the eurythmy hall downstairs. We are offering music, eurythmy and some readings to set and develop a mood of openness and calm in which to honor the connection we have with those across the threshold. Candles to light will be provided.

This is an event for adults and held in a quiet mood. If you choose to bring children please make sure they are able to sit quietly for an hour, thank you.

Parking at the HS on that Sunday will be limited due to other activities in the Bushnell Gym. Use public transport or prepare to park in the neighborhood streets.

For questions please contact [email protected]

You are warmly invited to join us for a Michael Festival on Sunday, September 29, 3-5 pm, @2938 Washington St., Dakin Hall, Grade School campus of SFWS. The Bay Area Eurythmy Ensemble in collaboration with Bruce Donehower are preparing to take you on a journey through the themes of Rudolf Steiner’s last address culminating in the Michael Imagination. You may wish to read the text prior to the gathering but you are certainly welcome without having done so.

Parking in the neighborhood is limited and public transportation or ride share is encouraged. If you come in your own vehicle please leave ample time to find parking in the neighborhood.

A sliding scale donation $10-20/person at the door is welcome. Thank you for supporting the artists.

We are using the following translation:

Michael Imagination

Springing from powers of the sun,

Luminous, world-blessing

Spirit-powers, to be Michael’s garment of rays

You are foreordained by the thinking of gods.

He, the Christ-proclaimer, reveals in you––

Mankind sustaining––holy cosmic will;

You, the bright world-ether beings,

Bear the Christ-Word to human beings.

So Christ’s herald appears

To waiting, thirsting souls.

To them, your word of light streams forth

In the world-age of spirit-man.

You, students of spirit-knowledge,

Take Michael’s wise directing,

Take the word of love of the will of worlds

Into your souls’ high aims––actively.

Rudolf Steiner