音语舞Eurythmy学习中，最开始接触的就是五个基本原音，分别是A（啊）、E（ei）、I（咦）、O（噢）、U（唔）。据说，不管在哪个国家的学校里学习音语舞，都要学这些最基本的内容。

    下面是五个原音的基本姿势以及文字描述。由于姿势描述本身就比较复杂，所以翻译起来会比较别扭，在此请允许我结合自己的学习体会和下面的英文给大家呈现一个大概的中文意思。本文中所有英文均摘自Cynthia Hoven的文章Eurythmy as visible speech: A somatic approach to language.

    本文中的挂图是挂在我们教室的图片。大家可以看到上图中人物的手势是向下的。

    A:  The gesture for Ah is made by letting the arms grow symmetrically out into an open angle, the size of which can be experienced to be the same as the angle of the opening of  the throat. This can be in any direction, but it is created by the experience of wonder and awe, and by a feeling of having the content of the world flow into one's heart. ( as in father)

    大概意思：A的姿势是双臂均匀对称地向外展开成一定角度。展开的角度可以用你说A的时喉咙开启的角度来体会。A的姿势可以向任何方向展开，但是需要用惊讶和敬畏的感觉、用整个世界都流淌到你内心的感觉来做这个动作。（A的发音就像英语father中的那个a一样）

    Steiner, concerning A:  A corresponds to man in a state of wonder, to man filled with wonder at his own true being, man looked at from the highest, most ideal aspect.

    史坦纳有关A的描述：A是人类对惊讶状态、对自己是一个真实个体充满好奇的一种反应，是人类从最高和最理想的方面往下看的一种反应。

    E: The gesture for E is created by touching oneself, and feeling oneself at the point of contact. The classical E is created by  bringing one arm over the other, and crossing at the forearms. This mirrors the narrow angle created in the mouth when pronouncing the sound (as in gate).

    大概意思：E这个姿势是通过自己而产生的，感觉自己是接触点。典型的E是把一只胳膊搭在另一只胳膊上，在小臂处交叉。交叉的狭窄角度可以通过口腔中发E音来反映。（E的发音就像英语gate中的a的发音）

    Steiner, concerning E: E expresses the feeling: something has been done to me, but I stand up against it and assert myself.

    史坦纳关于E的描述：E表达的是这样一种感觉：某种东西对我做了什么（有点儿强加于自己的味道），但是我站起来反对它并声明我自己（的存在）。

    I: The gesture for I is a long straight stretch, from the tips of one hand to the other. This feels like the narrow straightness of the breath as it is exhaled in speaking the sound, and is accompanied by a feeling of being drawn into polarities and awakening to oneself holding the balance between them.

    大概意思：I姿势是一个长长的直线伸展，从一只手的指端到另一只手的指端。这种感觉就像说话时发出的狭窄而笔直的呼吸，伴随着一种被拖入极限又清醒地在两者间保持平衡的感觉。  

    Steiner, concerning I: I is self-assertion pure and simple.

    史坦纳关于I的描述：I就是主张自我的纯粹和简单。

    O: The gesture for o is a large rounding of the arms, mirroring the rounding of the lips. One feels drawn out of oneself into relationship with something outside of oneself, as in love.

    大概意思：O姿势是一个双臂环绕的大圆，就像发O音时嘴唇的样子一样。感觉就像把自己从自我中抽离出来，置身于与身外之物的关系中，比如在爱之中。

    Steiner, concerning O: O expresses the feeling wihch we have when we place ourselves in an intelligent relationship to something which at the same time calls forth our wonder.

    史坦纳关于O的描述：O 表达的是这样一种感觉，我们把我们自己与什么东西放在一种关系中，同时这种东西又能唤起我们的好奇。

    U: The gesture for this, the vowel most far forward in the mouth, is made by bringing the arms close together and parallel to one another, as if in making a tube. In so doing, one feels oneself contained and yet able to flow forth in whatever direction the tube flows.

    大概意思：U这个音是原音里口腔发音最靠前的一个。基本姿势是把双臂平行靠拢（上举或向下），就像做一个管道。这样做的时候感觉自己能控制管道，也能随管道向任何一个方向流动。

    Steiner, concerning U: The vowel sound U can be felt as something which inwardly chills the soul, so that it takes on a certain rigidity and numbness. It is the sound which gives one the feeling of coldness. There is the feeling of drawing back into oneself, of holding fast to oneself.

    史坦纳关于U的描述： 原音U让人感觉什么东西向内使灵魂变冷，所以它带着一定的刻板和麻木。这是一个给人寒冷感觉的声音。有一种让人退回自我、坚守自我的感觉。

    以上动作的发源处都来自你后背的肩胛骨，就像鸟儿挥动翅膀时，你能很明显的看到它们是如何挥动“肩胛骨”来带动翅膀的。我们的手臂就像鸟儿的翅膀，做各种手势都要用肩胛骨带动，而不是手带动肩胛骨。这种清醒的意识要一直保持和贯彻在音语舞的律动中。