Jeanne de Salzmann

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Jeanne Matignon de Salzmann , b. Allemand, (* 1889 in Reims ; † May 25, 1990 in Paris ) was a French - Swiss ballet teacher and a student of the Greek-Armenian esotericist Georges I. Gurdjieff .

Life

Jeanne de Salzmann - from the French Allemand family - grew up in Geneva and initially studied piano , composition and conducting at the Geneva Conservatory . After further studies with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , she taught dance and rhythmic-musical education.

In 1912 she met the Caucasian-German painter and set designer Alexander von Salzmann at the Hellerau Festival Theater . The couple married that same year.

During the Russian Revolution, she lived with her husband Alexander von Salzmann in Tbilisi ( Georgia ) where they opened a dance and music school . In 1919 she came into contact with Georges I. Gurdjieff through the composer Thomas de Hartmann and became one of his closest pupils. She stayed with Gurdjieff until his death in 1949.

For the next forty years she worked hard to pass on his teachings on the Fourth Way . Together with other Gurdjieff students, she founded the Gurdjieff Foundation in the early 1950s , consisting of The Gurdjieff Society in England , the Gurdjieff Institute in France and other foundations in New York and Caracas . This organization is still run by direct students and the next generation to this day.

Works (in German translation)

literature

  • Lillian Firestone: The Forgotten Language of Children . Chalice, Xanten 2019, ISBN 978-3942914-37-6 . On Jeanne de Salzmann and Gurdjieff's views and advice on the education of children and young people.
  • Ravi Ravindra: Heart without Measure

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personal data
SURNAME Salzmann, Jeanne de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Swiss ballet teacher and Gurdjieff student
DATE OF BIRTH 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Reims
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1990
Place of death Paris