Prince Serge Wolkonsky was an influential Russian theatrical worker, one of the first Russian proponents of eurhythmics, pupil and friend of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and creator of an original system of actor's training that included both expressive gesture and expressive speech.
Serge Wolkonsky
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze was a Swiss composer, musician, and music educator who developed Dalcroze eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Orff's pedagogy, used in music education throughout the United States.
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Students of Jacques-Dalcroze at Le Grand-Saconnex in 1909, photographed by Frédéric Boissonnas
Image: Emile Jaques Dalcroze