Annunciation (detail), Fra Angelico, c 1442-3, Fresco, Museo di San Marco, Florence
The next Something Else Studio on Saturday 7 December will be our last for 2024. We look forward to welcoming you for this seasonal celebration of the phenomenon of listening. Please note there will be no studio session on Saturday 2 November.
In this experiential presentation, Tanya Coburn will encourage us to explore images of the ‘annunciation’ and ponder how cultivating tenderness and receptivity can help us herald the birth of something new in human life.
Hear Marjatta van Boeschoten speak about how we can meet Steiner’s wishes for tolerance, warmth and openness in group work in the anthroposophical movement.
How do we contribute to a healthy future for anthroposophy in the world?
a live presentation and conversation with Marjatta van Boeschoten
The next Something Else Studio event will be on 5th October 2024 featuring a live video session with Marjatta van Boeschoten, General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain, London, UK.
How do we contribute to a healthy future for anthroposophy in the world?
a recorded presentation by Marjatta van Boeschoten with conversation
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The next Studio event will be on 7th September, followed by a related event on 5th October, both sessions featuring contributions from Marjatta van Boeschoten, General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain, London, UK.
Rob talks to community members to help them understand their situation and how to survive and grow from it. Experience has shown that the right language puts words to what people are going through and gives them a capacity to get beyond their current state, think positively about their future and protect themselves from damaging effects of the recovery period.
a performance, commentary and conversation with Dawn Langman
6 July 2024, 3pm until approximately 6pm
Dawn Langman will explore the initiation journey of Prospero in what is considered one of Shakespeare’s final plays. Her performance will feature key moments in the play which address recognition of the double or shadow in our lives, forgiveness and reconciliation, woven together with a commentary on these themes. After the performance and an interval for refreshments, you are welcome to join us for a shared conversation.
Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest, Study by George Romney (English, 1734-1802)
Dawn Langman has international experience as an actor, educator, and author. Born in Adelaide, she has lived and worked in Europe, the US and the UK, founded a speech and drama studio in Melbourne, and taught students of acting as a performance art at Flinders University in South Australia. She has written a series of books based on her teaching and performance experience combining the work of Michael Chekhov and Rudolf Steiner to inform ‘the actor of the future’. Her work is being continued by the Heart Fire Centre for Speech and Drama.
You can listen to an interview with Dawn Langman from 2017 here.
An offering from the Something else studio (a Uriel initiative)
Saturday 6 July, 3pm-6pm with afternoon tea
Christian Community chapel 319 Auburn Road, Hawthorn Vic 3121
recommended donation $20 members/concession $15 or what you can afford
NO BOOKING available so arrive early to make a donation at the door in cash or into this bank account under ‘Something else studio’
The Christian Community in Australia Melbourne Inc BSB 313 140, Account No. 12260444
In the first of our series on Vocation: life, living, struggle and spirit, we welcome Kelly Papas.
Eurythmist, educator, wife and mother, Kelly trained at Aurora Australis Eurythmy training and now teaches at Little Yarra and Sophia Mundi Steiner Schools and at the Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar. She is also part of the Aurora Australis performance group.
In this talk, she will share an experience that emerged when she prepared for Whitsun in 2023. Invited to perform for a festival, Kelly realised she didn’t truly know the significance and meaning of the terms ‘Pentecost’ and ‘Whitsun’. Together with a friend, she went on a journey of reading and research to deepen her understanding. What emerged was a surprising and life-changing experience which she will share with us. As part of her talk, she will also explore the question of grace and what it represents for her.
Tobias Mager will speak as part of the Something Else Studio (a Uriel initiative) at the Christian Community Church in Hawthorn on Saturday 4 May 2024 from 3pm to 5pm. Come along to hear his thoughts on this topic.
I had a brief chat with Tobias at the Michael Centre community garden in Warranwood. You can listen to it here.
In this inspiring conversation, we meet Janina Papas, who works with the healing modality known as Extra Lesson. She supports children with learning, social and behavioural challenges to address developmental problems, the knots in the cord of life that happen along the way from before birth, through birth trauma and the physical and emotional events and experiences of our lives.
Motivated by experiences at Emerson College in his twenties, Gerry Josephson seeks to enthuse and encourage adults through the wisdom of Rudolf Steiner’s work. Using his passion for speech and drama, and his personal research into the deep roots of anthroposophy, he continues to offer adult education experiences through a course called ‘Grail Quest’, now located in Hobart, Tasmania. Continue reading “kindling courage”
passion for speech and drama, and his personal research into the deep roots of anthroposophy, he continues to offer adult education experiences through a course called 
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