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Ouspensky
Foundation
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This Activity File contains reports and observations of the Foundation's
activities in the recent past. The activities scheduled for next
year are listed on agenda, activities and
events.
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| 6
through 8 April 2001 |
| Third International Work Assembly: a weekend with
the Enneagram as its theme |
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8 through 10 December 2000
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2 through 8 July 2000
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October 1999 |
| 50th anniversary of G.I. Gurdjieff's death, in the
Platoschool in Amsterdam, with a demonstration of
movements by Wim van Dullemen and music. It was an
impressive and worthy meeting. Wim van Dullemen showed
rare slides of Gurdjieff. You saw snapshots of him
in real life, and rare slides of a dead Gurdjieff,
placed on a bier in his house. What followed was a
silent commemoration, wonderful music of the master
himself, and... movements. There were representatives
of movements groups from England and Germany. What
followed was a breathtaking presentation of some of
the movements, including 'The Enneagram'. |
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| 22
November 1998 |
| 'The Art of the Work' (in collaboration with the
Academie Marsilio Ficino), a one-day, large-scale
event. The press release, which appeared in various
Dutch local and national media, announced the event
as an open day with information stands, book and music
shop, exhibition, lectures, workshops, children's
activities, video films, miniconcerts, catering. |
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September 1998 - June 2001
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| Platform meetings. Held on Sunday evenings every
two weeks for the first year. For the second and third
year, these platform meetings took the form of a study
day, i.e. a whole Sunday, once every 5 or 6 weeks.
Article about Platform
Meetings |
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| 14
and 15 March 1998 |
| Stage performance of 'Strange Life of Ivan Osokin',
with a lecture by prof. Bob Simmons (Study Society,
UK) and Gurdjieff's music in the 'Amstelkanaal Theater'
in Amsterdam. The theatre group has worked and studied
for a year on this not exactly simple play of Ouspensky.
It was performed in a Dutch version of an adaptation
by dr. Francis Roles, the then successor of Ouspensky.
The evening started with Bob Simmons' discussion of
the phenomenon of 'time', the central theme of Osokin's
experiential search. The play consisted of 13 short
scenes. The scenery was kept plain and mainly consisted
of a screen on which the scenery (the various locations)
was projected. In between and during scenes, Gurdjieff's
music was played (live). All six actors, except for
one, played double roles. In all, the two performances
attracted an audience of approximately 300 people. |
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5 October 1997
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| 50th anniversary of P.D. Ouspensky's
death, in the 'Rode Hoed' in Amsterdam, with a lecture
by prof. R. Guyatt (Study Society, UK) and music by
Wim van Dullemen. Prof. Guyatt discussed the meaning
of Ouspensky's work. He then fully considered questions
from the audience. Subsequently, Wim van Dullemen
presented movements. He showed rare film fragments
from the seventies, of performances by a Bennett group.
As a tribute to Ouspensky, he concluded with a piece
of Gurdjieff's piano music not publicly performed
by him ever before. |
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