about alba technique
At Alba Technique, we take a holistic approach, honoring the absolute fullness and subtlety of each emotion, as well as giving our full attention and acceptance to the body. In an Alba class, there are no rights or wrongs, only brilliant discoveries. A student of Alba Technique can expect to become happier, healthier, and more emotionally well-rounded. And most of all: An even better actor.
With a better understanding of the self and the emotions, actors can keep leaping further into the creative unknown, resting assured that they have powerful sets of tools and guiding principles to carry them through a Life in Art.
Alba Technique is a New York based studio founded by Master Teacher, Patricia Angelin. Patricia began studying Alba with its creator Susana Bloch in 1994. She began teaching in 2008, with Dr. Bloch’s blessing.
In 2012, Angelin called together the Master Teachers in the United States: from that New York meeting, the Alba Method Association was formed.
While unique in its approach, Alba Technique remains deeply rooted in Susana Bloch’s Alba Emoting and is a proud member of the Alba Method Association and AIPAE (Chile).
Alba Technique is faithful to Susana Bloch’s vision. We are committed to work with the full range of Emotion from the smallest to the most sublime … all that which makes us fully human.
Alba Technique offers a variety of classes, private sessions, and workshops where students can learn and deepen their knowledge of the 6 neurologically basic emotions: Anger, Joy, Fear, Sadness, Tenderness and Erotic, as well as Neutral and Angelin’s unique Step Out protocol.
Though our home studio is in Manhattan, Alba Technique continues to offer workshops across the country and abroad … and we are willing to come to you!
meet the team
MASTER TEACHER
PATRICIA ANGELIN
Patricia Angelin, founder of Alba Technique, is the first person in North America to be certified to the highest level in Alba Emoting International as both a Professional Actor and Master Teacher.
Beginning in 1994, she studied directly with Susana Bloch, following her from Chicago to San Diego, Paris to Chile, and hosting her in New York. For over a quarter of a century, she has been privately incorporating Alba Technique into both her own acting, and her work coaching other actors for stage, screen, and dance, with excellent results. Angelin has twice been invited to address the prestigious Voice Foundation in Philadelphia.
In 2017, Susana Bloch’s book Alba Emoting: A scientific method for emotional induction was launched. Now, with Professor Bloch's full support, Patricia Angelin brings the freedom and control that are the hallmarks of Alba Emoting at Alba Technique to the professional performing arts community and beyond.
Angelin holds two BA degrees (Theater and Music), and an MA degree (Theatrical Theory & Criticism). A member of Actors’ Equity in both USA and Ireland and of SAG-AFTRA Guild for film and broadcast, she has performed all over the world, from New York to Los Angeles, and London to Vienna. Also a published author, Patricia is the Literary Executrix for the Estate of renowned drama critic George Jean Nathan and also for his wife, actress Julie Haydon.
TEACHER
Ronn Burton
Ronn Burton was introduced to Alba Emoting while a studying at Shenandoah Conservatory. After moving to New York upon graduation, he began training with Patricia Angelin of Alba Technique. After several years of study, he started his teaching track; when he received his full teaching certificate, he began teaching Alba in New York, as well as Los Angeles, Ireland, Lebanon, and Oklahoma City. Beginning in 2013, Ronn was the recording secretary for all meetings leading up to the formation of the Alba Method Association. He now splits his time between NYC and OKC working as a director, filmmaker, actor, and teaching artist. Ronn is on the acting faculty at Oklahoma City University and the University of Central Oklahoma.
Selected Acting credits include: TV/Film: Celebrity Ghost Stories, Enchantments (Soho Film Festival). Off-Broadway / New York Theatre: Carnegie Hall concerts with Kelli O'Hara and Stephen Sondheim, Union Square Theater, Prospect Theater Company, Second Stage Uptown, York Theatre Company, 45th Street Theatre, and The Gallery Players. Selected Directing credits: member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab in New York City, founding member of the Directors Lab Mediterranean in Beirut, Lebanon. Artistic Director of immersive theatre company 19th Century Hound. Those Who Lie Beyond (19th Century Hound’s immersive show in collaboration with Factory Obscura - BroadwayWorld Award for Best New Work), Presence (interactive show through Instagram at Theatre Crude Fringe Festival), Rock Of Ages, Hello, Dolly!, Forever Plaid, Grease, and The Agony and The Agony. Proud Member of Actors Equity. Follow @RonnBurton for more.
ALBA ADMIN ASSISTANT
Catie Matteucci
Catie Matteucci is an actor based in the New York City area. She is an all-around creative type person. Most recently, Catie has done voiceover work with companies such as PinkFong and Cape Swoosh Productions, and has performed improv at The PIT in New York City. She designs, creates, and models cosplay costumes of various video game and superhero characters under the pseudonym, TheGiftedFaker. Matteucci has performed in theatre productions such as Boeing, Boeing and Kimberly Akimbo, and film productions such as Obsidian and The Wasteland State. Outside of the industry, Catie is also an illustrator, avid gamer, and coffee connoisseur.
IRELAND’S BEST
Edward McCarthy
Eddie is an all-around Man-Of-The-Theatre who is equally adept on stilts or in a lighting/sound booth running a live show. A full-time employee on the technical side of the National Opera House in Wexford, Ireland, Mr. McCarthy is Patricia Angelin’s strong right arm in Ireland. He began his own Alba Technique studies at the Wexford Opera House Summer Intensive of 2017.