Anne Nordhaus-Bike

Performance Arts

Anne has been active in performance for many years:

• Public speaking: lectures on art and spirituality
• Poetry: reciting poetry, including competitively; leading workshops on how to read and understand poetry
• Theatre: writing, directing, and producing plays; acting; technical support.
• Music: Piano performance, both duets and solo; singing with numerous choral groups, including the Waukegan Symphony Concert Chorus.
• Training: designing and delivering training programs, including train the trainer.

Many of Anne’s presentations take advantage of her multiple talents by combining art with music, poetry, or theatre.

Highlights

Wrote, produced, and directed Going Home, one-act play presented Oct. 3, 2008, as part of the Martinist day of activities during the Midwest Region AMORC’s Regional Conference at Four Points by Sheraton Chicago O’Hare Airport, Schiller Park, Illinois. Also appeared in the play as Narrator and as Sophie.

Astrology and the Way of the Heart, lecture combining astrology, art, and mysticism, Nefertiti Heptad, Chicago, Aug. 18, 2007

A Mystical Interpretation of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73, poetry reading and lecture, Nefertiti Lodge, Feb. 24, 2005

Descent into Matter: The Story of the First Family, one-woman dramatization of Martinez de Pasqually’s Treatise Concerning the Reintegration of Beings featuring puppets, dolls, props, and artwork, Nefertiti Heptad, Chicago, Sept. 20, 2003

Color My World: Using Color on the Mystic Path, lecture and workshop on color, Nefertiti Heptad, Sept. 14, 2002

Juror, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, summer 2002

Claude Debussy and Rosicrucian Mysticism: A Total Artwork Experience, an art exhibit, lecture, piano recital, and poetry reading, Racine Marriott Hotel, Racine, WI, Oct. 2001

Artwork by Anne Nordhaus-Bike, slide presentation and poetry reading, Nefertiti Lodge, Chicago, Sept. 27, 2001

How to Read a Poem, Part II, workshop and poetry reading, Chicago, summer 2001

How to Read a Poem, workshop and poetry reading, Chicago, summer 2000

The X-ray and watercolor art of Anne Nordhaus-Bike, lecture sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art and presented at Excalibur, Chicago, Oct. 28, 1998

Wrote the chapter on training for Fundamentals of Flexible Compensation (John Wiley & Sons, 1992); made numerous presentations on benefits, communication, and training, 1987 – 1992 

Business Insurance Video Writing Award, 1988

An Evening of Piano Music, featuring solo piano recital by Brian Dirsmith and piano duet recital by Dirsmith and Nordhaus-Bike, July 13, 1985

Participant, Sixth Annual Shakespeare’s Birthday Party and Sonnet Reading Marathon, April 23, 1985, Loyola University Chicago

Florence James Adams Prize for excellence in artistic reading in poetry, University of Chicago, First Place, 1980; Second Place, 1978

Created and presented Sunday morning worship service, including writing and delivering sermon on “Transition,” North Shore Unitarian Church, Dec. 1980

Frequent lector and presenter during Sunday services, including reciting poetry and presenting original writings, North Shore Unitarian Church, 1976 – 1982; 1990 – 1993

Appeared as Annie Hovenden in staged reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Artist of the Beautiful, North Shore Unitarian Church, Aug. 26, 1979

Appeared as Minerva Jones, Marie Bateson, and Emily and gave solo performance of “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms” in Lives of Spoon River, North Shore Unitarian Church, March 25 and June 9, 1979

Solo piano performance, North Shore Unitarian Church, Deerfield, IL, Sept. 17, 1978

Founding member, The Special Occasion Players, a local theatre group that created, produced, and performed shows at an area nursing home and at private homes on holidays, birthdays, and other special occasions, Northbrook, IL, 1973 – 1979. Acted, sang, and provided piano accompaniment for singers.

Poetry compilation and reciting for individual events competitions, Northern Illinois, 1976-1977