The Gurdjieff movements : a communication of ancient wisdom


Wim Van Dullemen ; original translation of Dutch text by: Gerard Canlan and Pascalle Videler
Bok Engelsk 2018 Wim van Dullemen
Medvirkende
Omfang
xii, 291 sider
Opplysninger
Georg Ivanovitch Gurdjieff -- Inventory and classification of Gurdjieff's legacy -- Gurdjieff's conveyance of his teaching -- The struggle of the magicians -- Beelzebub's tales to his grandson -- Gurdjieff's final years, his death and the succession (to the throne) -- Regarding "Gurdjieff groups" and the dissemination of his teachings after his death -- The flip side -- Gurdjieff's teachings -- The two rudimentary elements -- Music by Gurdjieff / de Hartmann -- Objectivity and subjectivity in art -- What are movements? -- My first experience with movements -- The outward appearance of movements and the soul of a doll -- An ongoing journey of discovery - finding "The great prayer" and the choreographies -- The chronological triptych -- Crossing the line between traditional dances and Gurdjieff's own creations -- The music for the movements -- Historical performances and film registrations -- The transmission of movements after Gurdjieff's death -- Choreographies - their possibilities and impossibilities, and inner and outer requirements for practicing movements -- Titles and backgrounds as noted by Thomas de Hartmann prior to the performance -- Correspondence of "French" numbers and "American" numbers assigned to movements.. - "This book traces the historical development of the Movements developed by Georg Gurdjieff in the early part of the 20th Century up till the present day. The author makes the case that these Movements and choreographies based on them are a much-neglected aspected of the metaphysical teaching communication of the man Gurdjieff"--
Emner
Dewey
ISBN
9781942493341

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