about | Manuel Elsherif

i am an artist in the performing arts.

i work as a voice actor for voice-overs, dubbing, games localization, commercials, trailers, audiobooks, and basically anything else where a voice is needed.

my work includes on-screen performances in various film and media productions.

i have also been teaching speech for many years at performing arts schools and directed audio productions.

my approach to voice and on-screen acting has developed as a result of my extensive training in the meisner technique, body-mind centering®, my education as a breathing, speech, and voice coach (schlaffhorst-andersen method), and my ongoing studies of various other performance & movement methods.

speech. voice.

state certified breathing, speech, and voice teacher (schlaffhorst-andersen school).
microphone and dubbing (k. koschny, berlin).
speech dance method (m. tomczyk, hfs berlin).
artistic storytelling (s. weisse, udk berlin).
lichtenberger® method for applied voice physiology.
functional voice training (c. reid).

acting. somatic work. dance.

body-mind centering® (moveus (de), embody-move (uk), leben nuova (it)).
meisner technique (yearly course, actors space berlin).
biographical-documentary theater: directing and dramaturgy (g. herrbold, a. mallmann, udk berlin).
somatic experiencing (dr. p. levine, modules 1-3).
contact improvisation.
butoh.

resonant body (a. kavalis).

fields of work.

as voice actor for all genres (commercials, voice-over/documentaries/audioguide/e-learning, audiobook/dramatized reading, dubbing)

instructor for speech/voice acting: Actor's Space Berlin. Akademie Deutsche Pop Berlin; Filmschauspielschule Berlin; Coaching Company Berlin; Musical Arts Academy Mainz; berliner schule für schauspiel

private sessions with voice actors*actresses, actors*actresses and singers

in voice/speech pathology practices

workshops and labs

in voice configuration for trans* people

i am a member of the queer media society.

other projects.

Decoding Bias. A multi-channel spatial video and sound installation about AIs attempting to emancipate themselves from their discriminatory algorithms. Performer/voice actor. Premiere 03/2023 at Holzmarkt Berlin; further showings at Ars Electronica (Linz, AT); Kaserne Basel (CH); Bahidorá (Mexico); Digithalia (Schauspielhaus Graz AT); Çubuklu Silos (Istanbul) and more. Director: Theresa Reiwer.

The Human Voice (Jean Cocteau). Collaboration with the Berlin theater collective "Monstress Mess". Stage/movement choreography. Premiere at "Le Lampenfieber - German-French theater festival". September 2022. Director: Rebecca Scott.

The Witch's Eye. Beyond Queer Words: A Collection of Poems. July 2022. Publication of the poem "The Witch's Eye" in the queer edition of the literary magazine "Beyond Words Magazine".

The Queer's Prayer. Beyond Queer Words: A Collection of Poems. July 2020. Publication of the poem "The Queer's Prayer" in the queer edition of the literary magazine "Beyond Words Magazine".

50 bars from the quarantine. Counterweave Arts Gallery Rome. April 2020-Dec 2020. Sound poems about Corona crisis in an online exhibition with the theme "Art Under Lockdown".