Artificial intelligence currently has a particularly strong impact on human language. This is a good time to remind us that the words of our languages are not mere haphazard groupings of sounds conveying abstract meanings, but are living creative forms whose colors, resonances, sound combinations, rhythms and gestures speak experientially of their content. Indeed, within the spoken word the living breath of creation can be deeply experienced. In this talk we will explore the original origin of language inspired into the human being by the folk spirits, the Archangels in various stages of development. We will explore the present and future power of the creative word not merely as a means of communication as is now commonly thought, but as a magic power, an abracadabra , a create as you speak gift from Christ, the representative of humanity. A speech possessing moral healing power and eventually procreation of humanity.”
Speaker
Geoffrey Norris trained in London in both English and German with Maisie Jones and Ulrike Brockman, graduating in 1979. He has toured worldwide with many Eurythmy Ensembles as a speaker/actor and was co-founder of Ashdown Eurythmy and the Rose Theatre Company. As a founding core member of Portal Productions, he played Capesius in all four of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas, performing throughout the U.K., Europe, the USA, and Canada.
He has taught speech and drama in many Eurythmy trainings in Britain and Holland and was a speech and drama consultant and voice coach for 18 years at Michael Hall Waldorf School. He has worked with Steiner’s Speech and Drama Course and the Michael Chekhov technique for over 47 years, and currently teaches, directs, acts, and gives workshops worldwide, live and online.
He has, for many years until recent times, been principal speaker and co-director of the Eurythmy West Midlands young stage group, touring with them extensively. Geoff is the founder of The Speech and Drama Studio, training students for a Goetheanum-recognized speech and drama diploma, and is particularly interested and skilled in training Eurythmists, as well as lecturers and teachers in the art of Steiner Speech. His website is www.speechanddramastudio.com.
