“Taking Heart, finding our way together” was the theme of The International Student Conference 2024

by Alexanda Spadea

Artistic Director, Goetheanum, Switzerland

During the week of April 8-15, eleven students of the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City attended a conference along with 750 Waldorf students from 31 countries to explore the conference theme through morning lectures, interactive activities such as movement and singing, as well as workshops, and a peace pageant in Basel.

The evenings were filled with performances in the Great Hall, which seats 1000 people. The Steiner School Eurythmy Elective were honored to be one of the groups invited to share a 20-minute eurythmy performance, for which they received a standing ovation by the over 800 people in the audience.

The experience of meeting other Waldorf students in this remarkable setting, a space permeated by anthroposophical arts and thoughtful, heartfelt intentions, was a transformative moment in our student’s life.