Instructors

Nina Wallace-Ockenden - eurythmy
Nina’s deepest interest lies in developing ensouled movement, both to music and to language. She loves dramatic expression and strives to create spaces for the sacred as well as for humour. Nina completed her eurythmy training with Jeannie Schwarzkopf at the Charis Eurythmy Training in Auburn, California. She completed an artistic 5th year at the Stuttgart Eurythmeum and received her BA in Eurythmy Education through the Den Norske Eurythmihøyskole in Oslo, Norway. Nina is the founding eurythmist of Auriel Eurythmy.
She has performed with various groups in Europe, North America, and South Africa. A Waldorf graduate herself, Nina has taught children and adults in Camphill communities and Waldorf Schools, as class teacher, music instructor, as mentor and eurythmy teacher in England, Canada, South Africa, Mexico and China. She currently also teaches the Foundations Studies Distance course as online mentor for Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto.
https://anthroposophy.ca/en/meeting-one-another-nina-wallace-ockenden-mexico-city/
Nina’s deepest interest lies in developing ensouled movement, both to music and to language. She loves dramatic expression and strives to create spaces for the sacred as well as for humour. Nina completed her eurythmy training with Jeannie Schwarzkopf at the Charis Eurythmy Training in Auburn, California. She completed an artistic 5th year at the Stuttgart Eurythmeum and received her BA in Eurythmy Education through the Den Norske Eurythmihøyskole in Oslo, Norway. Nina is the founding eurythmist of Auriel Eurythmy.
She has performed with various groups in Europe, North America, and South Africa. A Waldorf graduate herself, Nina has taught children and adults in Camphill communities and Waldorf Schools, as class teacher, music instructor, as mentor and eurythmy teacher in England, Canada, South Africa, Mexico and China. She currently also teaches the Foundations Studies Distance course as online mentor for Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto.
https://anthroposophy.ca/en/meeting-one-another-nina-wallace-ockenden-mexico-city/

Silvia Wend - eurythmy, geometry, study, improv
Silvia's joy is in the dance. And in moving creatively together.
She has journeyed through the arts of theater, poetry, and various movement forms. Silvia has been a Waldorf teacher in Colombia, Uruguay and New York; and has offered adult courses in body expression, poetry recitation, and also Tai-Chi.
She completed her Eurythmy training with Sound Circle Eurythmy in Boulder, CO, where she now lives and participates in artistic Eurythmy presentations. Silvia also travels to Uruguay to teach Eurythmy to adults and children.
Silvia's joy is in the dance. And in moving creatively together.
She has journeyed through the arts of theater, poetry, and various movement forms. Silvia has been a Waldorf teacher in Colombia, Uruguay and New York; and has offered adult courses in body expression, poetry recitation, and also Tai-Chi.
She completed her Eurythmy training with Sound Circle Eurythmy in Boulder, CO, where she now lives and participates in artistic Eurythmy presentations. Silvia also travels to Uruguay to teach Eurythmy to adults and children.

Ileana Villareal - eurythmy

Simone Iafolla - eurythmy

Patricia Leiva - eurythmy, art
Patricia graduated with a Bachelor of Plastic Arts from the University of the Americas-Puebla, Mexico. Her introduction to Anthroposophy was through the arts, dance and music. She has always had a desire to help others and she feels that the arts are the most direct way to touch others. During and after her Waldorf teacher training at the Anthroposophical Development Center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Patricia worked as a Waldorf Teacher in preschool and the grades. She has been a class teacher, as well as a teacher in gardening, movement, art and English at Iniciativas Escolares Waldorf in Puebla, Playa del Carmen, and in Mexico City.
Patricia is still committed to working from the arts. She is a graduate of Auriel Eurythmy, Mexico City. She speaks English, Spanish, and French, and is inspired to share her explorations in anthroposophy, eurythmy, and the arts born from a love of community-based learning.
Patricia graduated with a Bachelor of Plastic Arts from the University of the Americas-Puebla, Mexico. Her introduction to Anthroposophy was through the arts, dance and music. She has always had a desire to help others and she feels that the arts are the most direct way to touch others. During and after her Waldorf teacher training at the Anthroposophical Development Center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Patricia worked as a Waldorf Teacher in preschool and the grades. She has been a class teacher, as well as a teacher in gardening, movement, art and English at Iniciativas Escolares Waldorf in Puebla, Playa del Carmen, and in Mexico City.
Patricia is still committed to working from the arts. She is a graduate of Auriel Eurythmy, Mexico City. She speaks English, Spanish, and French, and is inspired to share her explorations in anthroposophy, eurythmy, and the arts born from a love of community-based learning.

Rebecca Tuttle - eurythmy, copper rods

Leticia Tarno - eurythmy
Leticia Tarno has been a passionate dancer and in movement since childhood.
She studied performing arts and graduated as a eurythmist with Auriel Eurythmy in Mexico City.
Leticia has been a teacher for 25 years. She has taught many different movement styles and is part of the college of teachers for Auriel Eurythmy.
Leticia is co-founder of the Flor de LysWaldorf School in Mexico City.
She loves her family, dogs, children, flowers, nature and movement!
Module Guest Teachers:
We have the honour to welcome other Eurythmists to observe and to teach during our Modules as well as during the ongoing part-time training. Past Guest Teachers have included:
Michael Leber, Stuttgart
Stefan Hasler, Dornach
Bettina Grube, Hamburg
Darsi Ribeiro, Lima
Kleber Akama, São Paolo
Emmanuelle de Koning, Paris
Yolanda Frischknecht, Portland
Michael Leber, Stuttgart
Stefan Hasler, Dornach
Bettina Grube, Hamburg
Darsi Ribeiro, Lima
Kleber Akama, São Paolo
Emmanuelle de Koning, Paris
Yolanda Frischknecht, Portland
Our Mentors:
Renate Nisch, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Astrid Infantas, Stuttgart, Germany
Astrid Infantas, Stuttgart, Germany
Pianists:

Katya Trejo Smith MacDonald - piano accompaniment, music theory

Tanya Trejo Smith MacDonald - piano accompaniment, music theory