Prof. Ulrike Langescheid

Ulrike Langescheid, born in 1964 in the Rhineland, is a eurythmist and has been a eurythmy teacher for all age groups from kindergarten to upper secondary level at various Waldorf schools in Germany and Estonia since 1989, and has been a lecturer in eurythmy education at Alanus University since 2007. She is responsible for the basic qualification in eurythmy education in the Bachelor’s degree program in Eurythmy and for the educational topics in the Master’s degree program Eurythmy in School and Society.

Her interest in educational topics and in supporting children and young people is continually rekindled in her daily work at school. Through the symposia on eurythmy education, she aims to create a forum for exchange and mutual awareness that can provide new impulses for educational eurythmy that is viable and forward-looking.

Her concern is always to continually re-examine what good eurythmy teaching can look like: Which eurythmic elements are helpful or meaningful at the various stages of development? How can we train the perceptual competence of those entering the profession as teachers and deepen their anthropological knowledge so that, based on perception and knowledge, they can arrive at meaningful eurythmic decisions that support the students? Which attitude is beneficial? The most recent symposia on eurythmy education were devoted to these topics.

Over the course of her professional career, Ulrike Langescheid has been responsible for many student performances (graduation projects in grades 12 and 13, projects with cross-class groups, eurythmy extracurricular groups, contributions to monthly assemblies and celebrations, and the rehearsal of several class plays).

The last major project for which she was jointly responsible took place on 02.07.2017: “Do You Know Who I Am?”, a eurythmic-musical project involving more than 250 participants.