Breath in Action: The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice

260 Pages·2009·2.01 MB·English

by  Jane Boston

Breath in Action
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Breath in Action
The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice
EdiTEd By JAnE BosTon
And REnA Cook
FoREwoRd By CiCEly BERRy

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Breath in action : the art of breath in vocal and holistic practice / edited by Jane Boston and
Rena Cook.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-84310-942-6 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Respiration. 2. Voice culture. 3. Breathing
exercises. I. Boston, Jane. II. Cook, Rena.
RA782.B74 2009
613’.192--dc22
2008052200
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84310 942 6
ISBN pdf eBook 978 1 84642 948 4
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Dedications
For Joe
Rena Cook
For Liz, my mother, who knew a thing or two about the breath of life
Jane Boston

Acknowledgements
Many people assisted and supported us in the five years of this project. I say a heart
felt thank you to:
Past and present students in the School of Drama at the University of Oklahoma
who inspired me to dig deeper including Eudaemone Jervis Battilega, Amy Vorphal,
Steven Knight, Marlowe Holden, Amy Brown, Dana McConnell and Walter Elder;
administrators and colleagues including Tom Houston Orr, Marvin Lamb, Eugene
Enrico, Kae Koger and Sheila Rinear.
Rena Cook
To Siren Theatre for revealing how theatre works and why it matters.
My colleagues at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for deepening the discussion.
My family for their abiding loyalty, especially my father for his editorial and journal-
istic expertize and Ella for being herself.
To Jac for the integrity of her thoughts on life, her capacity to feel, her take on what
is and for the fact that her dreams about what might be stand a great chance of
coming true.
Jane Boston
To our assistant Cassidy Elms who organized us and read every word of this book–
more than once.
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