"As an acting coach and intimacy coordinator, I empower actors and directors to bring authentic, raw stories and characters to life on stage and screen. My passion for storytelling drives me to study how to portray narratives and characters in a way that feels true to real life. I specialize in women's narratives and the portrayal of female characters, as well as guiding actors through emotionally and psychologically challenging scenes. My goal is to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters genuine connection and transformative performances."
In her workshops, one on one coaching and coaching for film projects, Sondos uses methods and techniques derived from her past experience in theater, and method acting also known as the method, to support and hold space for actors to explore delivering authentic performances.At the moment Sondos offers acting workshops and one on one coaching in Berlin designed to offer actors, directors, scriptwriters, and storytellers the opportunity to dive deeper into scene work and analysis using Robert Cohen’s GOTE ‘Goal, Obstacle, Tactics and Expectation’ from his book Acting one and techniques from Method acting also known as the Method. The workshops aim to offer actors space and time for study and practice of different characters and scenes as well as space to exercise ‘their instrument’ and equip them with tools and knowledge on how to better prepare for auditions and rehearsals, explore new techniques and deepen their understanding of scenes and characters. The workshops are also tailored for writers, directors, and non-actors to learn about acting, explore and ‘play’.
Some workshops also focus on scene analysis and exploration, characters study, drawing from personal experience to enrich your performance and character building, and acquiring new tools and techniques to help you prepare for auditions and films, and performances.
Prior to her work in film, Sondos worked as the director of The BuSSy project; A performing arts project that documents gender-based stories and presents them on stage. She has also worked as a freelance storytelling workshop facilitator in Egypt and abroad with different cultural and gender-based entities. She developed over the years a methodology for creating a safe space in workshops where participants can openly share intimate stories about sensitive topics and explore how to take those stories to the stage, and for the documentation of personal narratives and working with story-owners on how to take the stories to the stage.
Her work in this kind of documentary/psychodramatic theatre has deepened her understanding of the actor’s process and inner world and allowed her to explore and experiment with individuals through a more human-centered approach that focuses the process on authenticity, fully dedicating the methodology and tools of the work, to the goal of bringing truthful representations of characters and stories to the stage and screen.
Her work in this kind of documentary/psychodramatic theatre has deepened her understanding of the actor’s process and inner world and allowed her to explore and experiment with individuals through a more human-centered approach that focuses the process on authenticity, fully dedicating the methodology and tools of the work, to the goal of bringing truthful representations of characters and stories to the stage and screen.