Elsena Shehaj · Chubbuck Technique · Barcelona

Turn your pain
into your power.

Coaching for actors at every level — rooted in the Chubbuck Technique, the technique behind some of the most powerful performances in cinema.

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The Technique

The Chubbuck Technique
in Barcelona & Online.

A 12-step acting method developed by Ivana Chubbuck in Los Angeles — based on psychology and behavioural science. It teaches you how to turn your personal pain into the fuel that drives your character's objective. The result: authentic, powerful, unforgettable performances.

Ivana Chubbuck's students include

Halle Berry · Brad Pitt · Charlize Theron · Jim Carrey · Aubrey Plaza · Travis Fimmel · Beyoncé Knowles · Judith Light · Sylvester Stallone · Eva Mendes · Jake Gyllenhaal

Elsena Shehaj training directly with Ivana Chubbuck in Los Angeles

Elsena Shehaj with Ivana Chubbuck · Los Angeles

The technique has shaped some of the most celebrated performances of the past three decades — and now, you can learn it in Barcelona or online with an officially certified Chubbuck coach.

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Coaching
for Actors

Every session is built around you — your instrument, your blocks, your goals. Whether you are preparing for an audition, prepping a role for a movie or TV series you have booked, or want to study the Chubbuck Technique through scene study in my classes — I coach you through the full process.

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Group Classes

Weekly classes — in person in Barcelona and online. Work scenes, apply the full Chubbuck Technique, and grow alongside other serious actors in a focused, intimate group.

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Private Coaching

One-on-one sessions tailored entirely to your needs. Audition coaching, preparation for a film or TV series role you have booked, or intensive private coaching to deepen your work through the Chubbuck Technique.

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Intensives

2-day immersive workshops in Barcelona. The core tools of the Chubbuck Technique through scene study. Small groups, deep work. Current dates on the workshops page.

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Inside the Studio

See the work.

Real scene work from the studio — actors applying the Chubbuck Technique, in Barcelona and online.

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Certified
Chubbuck Coach
Spain & Albania
Your Coach

Step Into Your
True Unique Power

Elsena Shehaj is the founder of Arting Studio BCN. She trained directly with Ivana Chubbuck in Los Angeles and is one of Ivana's accredited Chubbuck Technique teachers for Spain and Albania — the same technique she brings to every actor she coaches in Barcelona & Online.

I'll teach you how to use your pain as fuel to conquer the scene.

I want to talk to you about the moment I realized that the hard work I was putting in simply wasn't translating. I was reaching the feelings. I was going deep. But it wasn't translating into a good performance — because it was making me weak.

Then I understood the error I was making.

The turning point came when I discovered the Chubbuck Technique, and with it, the realization that changed everything: when you allow pain to stagnate, when you are not actively fighting to overcome it, you remain a victim. The Chubbuck system is not about dwelling in emotion — it is about strategic empowerment. Pain can become the most powerful fuel you have, if you learn to fight with it. You take your personal story and use it as a weapon to fight, to overcome, and to win the character's objective.

Studying directly with Ivana Chubbuck in Los Angeles, I learned how to install the intention to win into every single performance. That single shift transformed me from a passive presence into a proactive force on stage. And it's the same shift I now guide my actors through, every single class at Arting Studio BCN.

You have the talent. What I give you is the structure to win.

Are you ready to step into your true unique power?

"Elsy blew my mind. If you want to find an honest, authentic way of working — discovering parts of yourself and understanding what truly moves the character — I recommend her."

Javier Calleja · Actor

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