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eurythmy,
the art of harmonious movement
Dear friends, I wish you happy New Year
2012! The past year has been fruitful in many ways, but most important
was the realization that I can no longer live without creative movement, and
I need to make it an integral part of my life again. As some of you may know, I am
currently enrolled in the 2nd year of the full-time eurythmy training at the
Eurythmy Spring Valley (www.eurythmy.org)
in Chestnut Ridge, NY, one of the best eurythmy schools in the world. Eurythmy is a movement art developed
by Rudolf Steiner at the beginning of the 20th century, and is part of the
Waldorf school curriculum. (An interesting
article about Waldorf education "A Silicon Valley School that Doesn't
Compute" has been published on the front page of New York Times on
Sunday, October 23. You can read it at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?hpw.) I came to U.S. in 1992 to study dance
at the Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham dance schools. In 1999, my dance career
was cut short because of knee injury. I seized this opportunity and completed
my academic studies (BA in Liberal Arts in 2000, and MA in Liberal Studies in
2003, both at The New School). I have also developed my language service
business, which continues to thrive and allows me to support myself
financially. Yet, I miss performing arts as I
am the happiest when I move. When I
discovered eurythmy in 2008, I first enrolled into a part-time program, and
noticing that my knee does not bother me anymore, I decided to enter the
4-year full-time program. After I graduate in 2014, in addition to teaching
eurythmy in Waldorf schools, I would like to bring eurythmy into the dance
world, especially to dance schools in New York City. I will also explore
options for conducting workshops for adults at different venues: corporate
workplace, and New Age retreat centers. I will perform eurythmy, either with
an established eurythmy group, or through my own performance projects; I
would like to explore eurythmy in my native Slovene language as well. Until now, the eurythmy school
curriculum allowed me enough time to continue working full-time as a
linguist, and thus finance my eurythmy studies. However, the demands of the
training are exponentially increasing each year, leaving me less and less
time to earn money through providing language services. Hence, I need to find
other means to support myself during the eurythmy training. Each year, I can count on some
scholarship from the Eurythmy Spring Valley
school itself, and some tuition grant from the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
(AWSNA). I will be able to earn some money as a linguist: on a
part-time basis during the school year, and full-time over summers and
holidays. Yet, I still need to raise about 20,000 USD for each of the
remaining 2.5 academic years. The Slovene church of St. Cyril in
New York City kindly agreed to serve as a non-profit umbrella for my fund(FUN)raising
campaigns under the name MSE
Fund (Marta Stemberger Eurythmy Fund). This means that if you
choose to make a donation to support my eurythmy explorations, your
contributions will be fully tax deductible. Please make the tax-deductible contributions Payable to: Church
of St. Cyril Earmarked: For
MSE Fund And mail them to: Marta
Stemberger 332
Bleecker Street, No. K1 New
York, NY 10014 I will be deeply grateful for any amount
that you decide to offer. Feel free to share this letter with your
colleagues, acquaintances, and friends who may want to take advantage of this
opportunity for tax-deductible contributions. If you have any questions email me at
marta-s (at) earinna.com. With heartfelt holiday greetings, Marta |
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