With many years in the entertainment industry, Manny Tsakanika is a vastly experienced professional British dancer, actor and model. Best known for currently performing in the Original London Cast of West End show Magic Mike Live London as “Mike”.
Manny started his training professionally at Cambridge Performing Arts, Bodywork Company Dance Studios. During this time Manny became the Resident Rehearsal Director of hip hop company, Elementz Entertainment and trained with Olivier Award winning company, Boy Blue Entertainment. After his training he went on to become a professional company member of Zoonation Dance Company.
Straight out of training Manny was cast in an original West End production called Exposure The Musical (St. James Theatre, Victoria) as dance captain and swing. Continuing his work in theatre he was then cast in a Zoonation Production of The Mad Hatters Tea Party (Roundhouse, Camden) appearing as “Tweedle Dee”.
As well as theatre work, Manny has also worked extensively in the commercial industry. He has performed and worked with artists such as Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora, Lewis Capaldi, Tulisa and Stormzy. His live performance credits also include; The Brit Awards (02 Arena), Jingle Bell Ball (02 Arena), MTV European Music Awards (SSE Arena, London), Chinese Music Awards, (Cotai Arena, Hong Kong) The World Skills Opening Ceremony, (DU Arena, Abu Dhabi) The International Motor Show, (Geneva) UEFA Champions League Final (Kiev, Ukraine) and Wireless Festival.
Manny has also appeared in various fashion shows such as London Fashion Week, Bristol Fashion Week, The Wedding Show (Dublin) and Clothes Show Live (Echo Arena, Liverpool).
Further to this he has also appeared in Films Cinderella (2021) as “Jesse”, Eurovision (2020) and starred as Henry Cavill’s double in a soon to be released film. Manny’s TV Show features include Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice, This Morning, Alan Carr Chatty Man, The Paul O’Grady Show, Comic Relief, Lorraine Kelly and was a resident dancer on German Idol Season 15.
Manny has also worked closely for clients such as Americas Got Talent, Akbank, Mulberry, Sky, Disney, Hunters, Samsung, Honda, Vodafone and Mercedes-Benz, Lynk & Co, UEFA and Pokemon.