Amélie Hoellering

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Amélie Hoellering , b. Grisar (born June 13, 1920 in Munich ; † October 26, 1995 there ) was a German rhythmist and founder of the Rhythmikons - Institute for Rhythmic Education .

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Amalie Margaret (Amélie) was the second child of her parents, who were both mathematicians. She spent her childhood in Deisenhofen and later in Görlitz . The parents supported their daughter's musical talent. From 1943 to 1948 she completed her training as a rhythmist, with an interruption due to the war, with Elfriede Feudel at the music academies in Leipzig and Stuttgart. This was followed by a three-year training as a psychagogue at the Institute for Psychotherapy and Depth Psychology in Stuttgart. In 1954 Amélie Grisar married the journalist and writer Franz Hoellering (1896–1968), who was 24 years her senior . The marriage had two children. After a long, family-related break (birth of the children), she founded the Rhythmikon - Institute for Rhythmic Education in Munich in 1961 , at which pedagogues, curative teachers, doctors, psychologists, educational advisers, artists and other interested parties could complete additional training in rhythmic education . The private institute was founded in 1981 by the Society for Rhythmic Education. V. taken over. At her institute, Hoellering developed the integrative / holistic approach to rhythm:

Hoellering was not only concerned with 'the musical practical and artistic promotion' of each individual, but at the same time with 'the pedagogically and psychologically sound reflection of the experiences with rhythm' ... The development processes that everyone in the course of their development in the intra- and interpersonal Area, considered by it and examined and reflected on with regard to its characteristics and risk factors in the context of the psychosocial environment (Kessler-Kakoulidis 2016, p. 155).

In 1974/75 Hoellering had a teaching position for rhythm at the Hanover University of Music and Theater . In 1979 she was appointed professor for rhythmics at the Munich University of Music . In addition, she held the children's and amateur classes at the she founded and led rhythmicon . Her lectures on rhythm in German-speaking countries are innumerable.

Quotes

  • The rhythmic education promotes the interaction of body, soul and spirit, is sensory exercise and meditation. It conveys vital experiences without prematurely aligning the student with a specific subject. The unintentional playfulness with which the rhythm teacher encounters the children enables them to thrive and grow spontaneously. Again and again it confronts the teacher with the great surprise that we encounter in every human child (Hoellering 1979, no p.).
  • We basically place the practitioner between the polarities of body and mind, adaptability and independence. The student has to find balance by practicing. In other words: the initially unconscious bodily experience and movement is led to mental comprehension and conscious control in the rhythmic exercises; namely by means of the request to find the solution to the task independently, to a certain extent even to set the task for oneself and to always adapt it to the circumstances (limitations and orders) (Hoellering 1979, p. 2 f).

Fonts (selection)

  • Does the rhythm teacher get along without knowledge of depth psychology? , in: Hildegard Tauscher (Hrsg.): The rhythmic-musical education in curative education, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1975, pp. 10-17
  • The importance of rhythmic-musical education in psychotherapy , in: Hilarion Petzold (ed.); Psychotherapy and body dynamics, Paderborn 1979
  • On the theory and practice of rhythmic education , Berlin 1966 (7th edition 1979)
  • Rhythmics in consciousness change , in: Rhythmics in Education 1990, pp. 100-105

literature

  • Sigrid Köck-Hatzmann: Development in Dialogue , Innsbruck 2000 (unpublished dissertation), pp. 144–148
  • Magdalena Marie Einsiedel: The principle of rhythmic work by Amélie Hoellering , Munich 2000 (unpublished diploma thesis)
  • Lucia Kessler-Kakoulidis: Rhythmics and Autism. Amélie Hoellering's integrative approach in theory and practice, Giessen 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Hoellering, Amélie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rhythmist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1995
Place of death Munich