Peredur Eurythmy Campus

The Location

Peredur Eurythmy is situated in the rolling green hills of Sussex, an area of outstanding natural beauty, midway between London and the south coast of England. It is located on the outskirts of the small market-town of East Grinstead, from where it takes just under an hour to reach London by train. On the south coast lies the city of Brighton, where the sea and a diverse community lifestyle attract many visitors. For calm contemplation look no further than the Ashdown Forest, just south of East Grinstead.

Settled in the Ashdown Forest, three miles away, is the village of Forest Row. This is home to England’s flag-ship Steiner Waldorf School – Michael Hall School, the Christian Community Church, Emerson College, which offers a diverse programme of events, conferences and short courses. A local branch of the Anthroposophical Society is also active in the area.

In the wider local area there are four organic/biodynamic farms and two market gardens, producing and selling a wide array of food and supplying to local health food shops and further afield.

The Venue

Peredur Eurythmy is based at the Peredur Centre for the Arts (a charity in its own right) and shares the site with other users. On site are three teaching spaces, which have been designed for Eurythmy, a theatre, ancillary spaces and designated student accommodation.

The neighbouring campus is occupied by the Tobias School of Art, and students from both colleges share the student accommodation. Students have their own rooms and share bathrooms, a kitchen and lounge. Local shops, within easy walking distance, offer essentials. Students, who do not wish to reside on campus, have the opportunity to rent privately in East Grinstead, Forest Row or other surrounding villages.

Studying at Peredur Eurythmy

The Peredur Centre has been home to Eurythmy since the late 1970’s, when Marguerite Lundgren, the then leader of the London School of Eurythmy decided to move out of the city and settle the training in the countryside.
Historically there has always been a strong collaboration with the other arts, especially music and creative speech and this impulse continues to this day.

The area boasts a rich and eclectic cultural life, much of which is fed by the presence of a wide range of anthroposophical initiatives and institutions. Peredur Eurythmy maintains good relationships with these and other local organisations, who offer us the opportunity to share the fruits of our work with them.

At the same time, through these institutions, a pool of experienced professionals has gathered and can be drawn upon to teach supporting subjects and to support students individually, if required.

Georgie Howlett also teaches Eurythmy at Michael Hall School. This creates opportunities for Peredur Eurythmy students to collaborate with pupils from Michael Hall School through joint Eurythmy projects for the public. The resulting ‘Winter Festival’ and other productions, have become highly anticipated events in the local calendar.

Our students mostly go to Michael Hall School for their classroom observation and Eurythmy teaching practice.

The Faculty

Sigune Brinch and Georgie Howlett are the main Eurythmy tutors at the Peredur Eurythmy campus. Together with a range of other professionals they provide the 4-Year Vocational Training in Eurythmy and other activities, which Eurythmy UK offers.

Sigune Brinch

Eurythmy Tutor

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Sigune Brinch

Eurythmy Tutor

Sigune Brinch received her Eurythmy Diploma from Eurythmeum Elena Zuccoli in Dornach and her MA Performing Arts from Alanus University.

She performed and toured with ‘London Eurythmy Stage Group’ in Europe and UK, with Hamburg Eurythmy Stage Group , Berlin Eurythmy Stage Group and Peredur Eurythmy Stage Group and was a member of ‘The Foundation Stone Research Group’. She took part in ensemble work with ‘Terpsichore’ and project work with ‘The Seven Arts Project’ and ‘Thresholds’. Solo and duo programmes include ‘In- Between’, ‘Visible Music’, ‘In the Dust of the Street’, ‘To Drive Misery Out’ and ‘Earth Silver - Sun Gold’.

Sigune has taught Eurythmy extensively on various courses, public classes and seminars and has been the Eurythmy tutor on the biodynamic training, the biographical counselling training and the anthroposophical healthcare course. She has taught young children in kindergarten and school settings as well as adults with special needs.

She has been a tutor at Peredur Eurythmy since 2005 and took on the role of Principal in 2016.

Georgie Howlett

Eurythmy Tutor

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Georgie Howlett

Eurythmy Tutor

MA Eurythmy Performing Arts (Alanus University, D-Alfter/Bonn, 2016) and Goetheanum Diploma. Diploma in Eurythmy Therapy.

Georgie studied Eurythmy with Isabelle and Hajo Dekker at The London College of Eurythmy which was at that time based at Peredur. Since 1998 she has performed extensively and internationally with London Eurythmy and other artistic initiatives.

She has taught for over 20 years in schools and eurythmy trainings: the London College of Eurythmy, Brighton Waldorf School (as teacher and Eurythmy therapist) and Michael Hall Waldorf school and on the London Waldorf Teacher Training. She joined Peredur Eurythmy in 2017 and currently teaches on the eurythmy training and in Michael Hall Waldorf school.

Gregers Brinch

Choir, music theory and anthroposophy

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Gregers Brinch

Choir, music theory and anthroposophy

Gregers Brinch teaches choir, music theory and anthroposophy at the Peredur Eurythmy Campus and studied Composition and Piano at the ‘Musikseminar’, which was affiliated with the Eurythmy school in Hamburg from 1987 -1992.

Gregers draws his musical inspiration from many sources, in particular the arts of Eurythmy and acting/drama. He has an inclusive approach to teaching the rudiments of music theory to Eurythmy students in keeping with the nature of the Eurythmy Training with particular emphasis on understanding through experience.

As a result of his ongoing research into the basic elements of music and his appreciation of all genres of music, the tonal language of his music is a synthesis these. His works are regularly performed in the UK and abroad, and three CDs of his chamber music have been issued on Claudio records.

He has been artistic director of International Concert Series at Rudolf Steiner House in London since 2014. He has also led workshops on music and child development internationally including the UK, Iceland, Japan, South Korea China and Taiwan. He is an active founder of Four Fold Living Arts and holds workshops on the themes of the Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner and he hosts the radio show ‘What’s that Music’ on Wildhart Radio.

Izumi Maeda

Art teacher and Student Support

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Izumi Maeda

Artist, Art teacher, Transformative Art Therapist, School Counsellor (MBACP, AATA reg). MA in Transpersonal Art and Practice.

Izumi Maeda exhibits her work regularly in the UK, as well as working as a tutor in Anthroposophic Art and a Counsellor/Therapist internationally. She has worked as an art teacher and student support at Peredur Eurythmy since 2014.

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