{"value"=>"<p>Movement Research Files consist of Movement notes, music, photographs, correspondence, and Movement seminar materials compiled by Jessmin and Dushka Howarth and the Gurdjieff Heritage Foundation in the process of creating the official Movement files. Since there was no formal documentation of the Movements when Gurdjieff was alive, many Movements had to be reconstructed from the notes and memories of followers who had worked directly with Gurdjieff. Members of the Gurdjieff Heritage Foundation consulted these materials as a whole to reconstruct what, in their opinion, constituted the most authentic version of each Movement. Typically notes approved by Jessmin Howarth, Jeanne de Salzmann, and Marthe de Gainernon were considered to be valid.</p> <p>Movement notes consist of choreographic and rhythm notes by Movement experts Alfred Etievan and Jessmin Howarth as well as copies and translations of student Marthe de Gaingneron's French notes from Gurdjieff's time in Paris in the early 1940s. There are also partial sets of notes from other Gurdjieff followers such as Bernard Metz, Serge Trude, and Cynthia Pearce. Samples of these notes were used to create the Movement Files, but here they are available as full reproductions of notebooks kept by Movement instructors and students.</p> <p>There are also manuscript and published copies of the music written specifically for the Movements. These copies are annotated by Gurdjieff pianists or Movement instructors. Music files can hold correspondence regarding music mistakes, alternate versions, and corrections compiled during the efforts to create a definitive set of musical scores. There is also a piano improvisation book which was self-published by the Gurdjieff Foundation of California. Users should note that some music associated with the Movements was written after Gurdjieff's death.</p> <p>Files on Movement seminars contain seminar materials and transcripts from sessions taught by Jeanne de Salzmann and Jessmin Howarth, as well as notes, correspondence, and student surveys from South American seminars conducted by Dushka Howarth. When the location of a seminar is known, it is noted in the container list. Notes for teaching classes and Obligatories are held here.</p> <p>There are also large Movement sketches done in the style of blueprints by Walter March. Some of the sketches are numbered, but these numbers may not correspond to the official numbers of the Movements.</p>"}