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

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ISBN-10: 1843109425

ISBN-13: 9781843109426

Edition: 2009

Authors: Katya Bloom, Cicely Berry, Mel Churcher, Rena Cook, David Carey

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Breath in Action confirms the importance of breath as central to all vocal communication. Bringing together experts on voice and breath from a variety of backgrounds, the book provides a wealth of information on the art of breath and vocal communication. New strategies for teaching breath, new paths of integration from various other disciplines and the latest in medical information are all brought together in this comprehensive, user-friendly volume. Divided into five sections, the book considers the use of breath in a range of contexts: Breath in the Body; Breath Across Cultures; Breath in Training; Breath in Movement; and Breath and the Mind.
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Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 5/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Katya Bloom is a movement psychotherapist in private practice in London. She taught Dance Movement Therapy at the University of Surrey Roehampton from 1985 until 2002. She is a Certified Movement Analyst from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York, and is a qualified teacher of Suprapto Suryodarmo's Amerta Movement. She also teaches movement to actors at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is the author of two stage plays. She is co-author with Rosa Shreeves of Moves: A Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement (1998). She has pursued her interest in the interrelationships between psychoanalysis and movement since coming to London from the USA in…    

Mel Churcher was an actor and broadcaster for many years. She is now best known as an international acting, dialogue, voice and presentation coach and has run workshops and given lectures all over the world. She is one of the top acting and dialogue coaches in movies (see her entry on imdb for full details). She runs screen acting workshops for professional actors and regularly teaches in Cologne and Berlin and at the Actors Centre in London.

David Carey Jr. is Professor of History and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine and author of Engendering Mayan History: Kaqchikel Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past, 1875–1970, Ojer taq tzijob’�l kichin ri Kaqchikela’ Winaqi’ (A History of the Kaqchikel People), and Our Elders Teach Us: Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives.

Foreword
Introduction
Breath and the Body
Introduction
The Science of Breath and the Voice
A Short History of Breath from Womb to Tomb
Effects of Posture on Diaphragmatic Breath
The Art of Breathing
Breath and the Mind
Introduction
Breath and the Science of Feeling
The Breathing Mind, the Feeling Voice
The Alchemy of Breathing
Breath and Holistic Practice
Introduction
Dahnjeon Breathing
Transformative Breath
Qi Gong Breathing
Integrated Movement Practices and the Breath
Breath, Theatrical Authenticity and the Healing Arts
Breath and Performance
Introduction
Transformation and the Actor
Breathing the Verse
An Integration of Breath, Body and Mind
Laban and Breath
The Breath
Contributors
Index