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Courses - Instructors - Articles - Certifications
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AVAILABLE TRAINING COURSES
MARSEILLE, FRANCE JULY 12-21, 2010
A 10-day intensive training in Alba Emoting will be offered by senior US instructor Roxane Rix, CL5. This full training course is open to beginners and current practitioners, and offers potential certifications at levels 1-3P
Cost: 350 euros For more information and registration, contact ophelie.gautier@lareplique.org
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ASHEVILLE, NC July 17 - 23 2010
Beautiful Living with Alba Emoting & Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Come enjoy a one-week workshop introducing two complimentary somatic methods for gaining better whole-self awareness, learning a physiological approach to emotional expression and control, and exploring effective techniques for de-stressing your life. Workshop Includes: 36 hours of instruction from certified teachers Laura Facciponti (CL4 Alba Emoting) and Lavinia Plonka (Feldenkrais) with classes held on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Workshop Cost: $425 (if paid by June 1st) $475 after June 1st - Additional private Lessons available for $65/hour during Bele Chere weekend July 24 & 25
- Affordable housing in the UNCA dorms is available at approximately $30/night double occupancy and $40/night single occupancy – contact Laura Facciponti to reserve dorm rooms
- If you prefer to stay in a hotel – book early, particularly if staying through Bele Chere
Register: By visiting the BreathXpress web site www.BreathXpress.com where you can register for the workshop online and pay with your credit card using a Paypal secured purchasing site. To learn more go to www.breathxpress.wordpress.com Questions? Contact Laura at BreathXpress@yahoo.com
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YOU CAN ALSO BRING ALBA EMOTING TRAINING TO YOU, by arranging a session for your group or sponsoring an open training session. Please write for more information!
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No previous experience or training is required in order to take a course; although introduced as a technique for actors, participants from psychology, human services, and other fields are welcome. All participants must be at least 18 years of age. In order to provide individualized instruction, courses are limited to 12 beginning participants.
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- INSTRUCTORS
Alba Emoting effector patterns are detailed and subtle, and can be learned safely and effectively only from a certified instructor. Attempting any of the effector patterns from written descriptions will inevitably produce generalized and inferior results. Training is available through scheduled courses (see above); individuals, groups, and institutions may also arrange for training sessions with Dr. Susana Bloch or any instructor who holds Certification Level (CL) 4 or above. Instructors teach individually or in teams, accompanied, when possible, by teaching apprentices.
Though teaching independently, all qualified Alba Emoting instructors are personally certified by Dr. Bloch and adhere to a common set of ethics, objectives, and guidelines. Anyone not certified to teach the technique lacks the appropriate skills to do so correctly, completely, and safely. To seek or accept training in emotional effector patterns from a non-certified person is risky and inadvisable.
As of January 2010, certified instructors are:
Roxane Rix, CL5 (PA) roxanerix@albaemotingna.org Nancy B. Loitz, CL4 (IL) nancyloitz@iwu.edu Christine Scott, CL4 (PA) christinescott@yahoo.com Hyrum Conrad, CL4 (ID) conradh@byui.edu Laura Facciponti, CL4 (NC) lfaccipo@unca.edu Rocco Dal Vera, CL4 (OH) dalverr@ucmail.uc.edu Christina Fischer, CL4 (KY) trina@lookingforlilith.org Michael King, CL3 (KY) mking@nku.edu Tom Skore, CL3 (AK) tskore@ptialaska.net Evelyn Case, CL3 (CA) ecase@fullerton.edu Pamela Chabora, CL4 (ND) pamela.chabora@ndsu.edu
Jessica Beck, CL3 (London) jessicabeckis@gmail.com Odette Guimond, CL3 (Montreal) odette@oguimond.com
Other certified Alba Emoting instructors worldwide are Solange Duran, CL5 (Santiago, Chile), Joan Povlsen, CL5 (Copenhagen, Denmark), and Dr. Bloch.
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To contact Dr. Bloch, inquire about hosting a training course, or for any other questions or comments, please feel free to write to me at the address at the bottom of the page, or visit albaemoting.com.
- SELECTED WRITINGS ABOUT ALBA EMOTING
The Alba Of Emotions, by Dr. Susana Bloch, is in its intitial English language printing, and now may be ordered through emailing e.stekel@buscalibros.cl or veronica.caviedes@gmail.com
"Alba Emoting": a collection of articles by Susana Bloch and colleagues, edited by Hyrum Conrad (CL4).
Many of the articles listed below can be found in this collection, available only by direct order ($25 USD):
Hyrum Conrad
286 Marianne Drive
Rexburg, ID 83440
Articles selected here are those in English that I have found among the most useful for introducing the basic principles of Alba Emoting. All include bibliographies that can lead you to more sources. (Spanish speakers are encouraged to use a search engine for more articles.)
Bloch, Susana.
"Alba Emoting: A Psychophysiological Technique to Help Actors Create and Control Real Emotions."
Theatre Topics 3:2 (1993)
Bloch, Susana, and Madeleine Lemignan
"Precise respiratory-posturo-facial
patterns are related to specific basic emotions"
BEWEGEN & HULPVERLENING 1992/1 31-40
Bloch, Susana, Madeleine Lemeignan and Nancy Aguilera-T.
"Specific respiratory patterns distinguish among human basic emotions."
International Journal of Psychophysiology 11 (1991)
Bloch, Susana, Pedro Orthous and Guy Santibanez-H.
"Effector Patterns of Basic Emotions: A psychophysiological method for training actors."
Reprinted in _Acting Re]Considered: Theories and Practices_. (Zarilli, Philip B., ed.), Routledge, 1994.
--Note: This early article refers to Alba Emoting as the "BOS Method", the original name for the system.
selected other articles:
Rix, Roxane.
"Alba Emoting: A Revolution in Emotion for the Actor"
in _Performer Training: Developments Across Cultures_
(Ian Watson, ed.), Routledge Harwood Academic Publishers, 2001/2002 ISBN 9057551519
--Note: This book chapter was written specifically for theatre folk with no knowledge of Alba Emoting, and includes comprehensive explanations of basic theory and practice as well as a chronicle of my process as an American theatre practitioner/teacher in learning and teaching the technique.
**EXCERPTS are available at albaemoting.org -- click on a link at the bottom of the page.
Rix, Roxane.
"Learning Alba Emoting,"
Theatre Topics 8:1 (1998), Johns Hopkins U. Press
--Note: This article assumes some familiarity with the technique and focuses on the process of training and application as it is evolving in the US; its endnotes do sketch in the basics, and the bibliography will lead you to more resources.
For an interesting discussion of how one actor-teacher blends Alba Emoting techniques with her Method background, see "Emotion Training and the Mind/Body Connection" by Pamela Chabora (CL3P)in the book _Method Acting Reconsidered_ (2000, David Krasner, ed.)
- CERTIFICATIONS IN ALBA EMOTING
(Dr. Susana Bloch, August 1997; subject to revision)
Certification is not automatic; levels are conferred not according to hours spent in training, but by the individual's skill development as determined by an appropriately certified instructor. The purpose of Certifications in Alba Emoting is to protect the integrity of the work and to insure quality of experience.
Levels and Requirements (abridged)
Level 1:
Familiarity with the six effector patterns and the step out sufficient to begin self-use only.
Level 2:
Mastery sufficient to self-correct, and to accurately observe the patterns in others.
Level 3:
Mastery sufficient to: score a theatrical scene in terms of emotional melody; apply the effector patterns as a dynamic process in rehearsal and performance; train students in the context of an acting curriculum in the use of Alba Emoting through Levels 1 and 2; certify students at Level 1.
Level 4:
Mastery sufficient to: integrate Alba Emoting holistically into the actor process, including the development of skills in mixing emotions; train and certify actors and others in the use of Alba Emoting through Levels 1 and 2.
Level 5:
Mastery sufficient to: apply Alba Emoting consistently in rehearsal and performance, including fully realized skills in mixing emotions; provide training at all levels and certifications at Levels 1 and 2.
Level 6:
Master Teacher of Alba Emoting.
Note: Advanced students may receive non-teaching Certifications designated as Levels 3P, 4P, 5P
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