Philip Beaven MA (website) studied eurythmy with the late Marguerite Lundgren in London. He co-founded Ashdown Eurythmy in 1980 which became the world's first paid, full-time touring eurythmy company. In 1991 he co-founded and directed English Eurythmy Theatre (which later became Moving Word Theatre) to explore, in performance, how eurythmy can co-create with theatre and dance. Their productions toured all over Europe and the US. This opened up his interest for other performance forms which he has explored through workshops, as well as studying Directing in Collaborative Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. He has most recently directed two outdoor site specific events on a farm in Sussex as well as student productions at Emerson College and at the Academy of Living Movement, Vienna. As well as performing and directing (devising, eurythmy, theatre, storytelling, puppetry) he teaches movement improvisation, neutral mask, theatre/performance skills, devising, eurythmy and living movement. (Comments by students!)
John Swain. Prior to founding Media Arts (website) John Swain worked for UK based Pegasus Films producing communications pieces and training programs for corporate, governmental and theatrical clients including the YTS Youth Training Scheme series for MacMillan Intek and a seven hour television series on Shakespeare distributed by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Over the years John has worked in major film markets including Los Angeles, New York and London. His career includes crewing on Hollywood feature films, documentaries and national television commercials.
Most recently John has been involved in working with the Youth Conference at the Goetheanum, creating daily video diaries for the web.