eurythmy
- noun
- /juˈrɪðmi/
- Specialized
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euritmia
- The teachers try to build a classroom world, complete with art, eurythmy, music, multiple languages, and the like, in which the child can experience growth.
Examples
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The students participated in a eurythmy performance to convey the emotions of the poem.
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In eurythmy, movement and music combine to create a unique artistic expression.
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In the eurythmy class, children learn to express musical rhythms through their body movements.
Synonyms
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9.9
A way of teaching music by moving the body to show rhythm
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9.9
A way of teaching music by moving the body to rhythm
A way of moving the body to music to show its rhythm
How Expressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
eurythmy = eu + rhythm + y
The word is a learned borrowing from Greek and is not transparently analyzable into productive English morphemes; its meaning cannot be derived by an average learner from its parts.
Etymology
The word eurythmy comes from Greek parts eu- meaning 'good' and rhythmos, the same root as English rhythm, meaning 'rhythm' or 'flow'. So eurythmy literally means 'good rhythm', which is why it is about graceful, flowing movement that matches music or speech.