As Head of Cultural Programming I have responsibility for the development, management and delivery of a wide range of programming for King’s College London. This programme aims to enrich academic research and artistic practice through creative collaboration in the public arena, increasing public engagement with the University through culture and the arts. www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural

Working closely with the Director of Programming on a wide range of programming for the Cultural Institute as part of the Presenting Practice strategic programme. This programme aims to enrich academic research and artistic practice through creative collaboration in the public arena, increasing public engagement with the College through culture and the arts.http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural/index.aspx

Project board member for St Mary Le Strand a sanctuary – a place of welcome, worship and well-being at the heart of the Strand Aldwych district, an area is in the middle of a transformation with the East Strand being pedestrianised to create a new ‘global cultural thinking quarter’ for the City of Westminster.The church is a celebrated architectural gem and a widely recognised landmark building, which has been a centre of parish worship and London life since the early 18th century. In… Show more Project board member for St Mary Le Strand a sanctuary – a place of welcome, worship and well-being at the heart of the Strand Aldwych district, an area is in the middle of a transformation with the East Strand being pedestrianised to create a new ‘global cultural thinking quarter’ for the City of Westminster.The church is a celebrated architectural gem and a widely recognised landmark building, which has been a centre of parish worship and London life since the early 18th century. In September 2022, St Mary le Strand received Development Phase funding for The Jewel in The Strand project from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). Show less

body>data>space is an interdisciplinary design collective based in Tech City, East London engaged in creating fascinating connections between performance, architecture, new media and virtual worlds. We work in Europe and internationally, with a focus on tele-presence, connectivity and virtual/physical blended space.Leanne has worked with body>data>space since its formation in 2005, coming from a background in dance/body and technology. She has gained extensive experience… Show more body>data>space is an interdisciplinary design collective based in Tech City, East London engaged in creating fascinating connections between performance, architecture, new media and virtual worlds. We work in Europe and internationally, with a focus on tele-presence, connectivity and virtual/physical blended space.Leanne has worked with body>data>space since its formation in 2005, coming from a background in dance/body and technology. She has gained extensive experience managing the company and the studio as well as the large scale projects moving through the unit.As a core producer at body>data>space, her work has evolved to taking the lead on the learning experiences, and in particular on the performance and tele-presence workshops including skintouchfeel, Ignite! Futures, Virtual Physical Bodies at the Centre des Arts, Paris, and the performance installation “Dare We Do It Real Time?” performed at Kinetica Art Fair.Leanne has deep experience in international co-production, the bringing together 5 -10 partners to work together on multi-country collaboration projects. She produced the EU Culture 2007-13 project Post Me_New ID, Robots and Avatars, MADE (Mobility of Digital Arts in Europe) and E-Motional Bodies and Cities.http://www.bodydataspace.net/ Show less

Robots and Avatars is a programme of work originally conceived and produced by body>data>space through a research and development phase in the UK in 2009 with NESTA, with the aim to envision the skills sets, aptitudes, resources and methodologies that will be required by today’s young people in the workplace from 2020 onwards, given that many of the jobs they will do have not yet been invented. The programme has included debates, round tables and learning experiences, bringing… Show more Robots and Avatars is a programme of work originally conceived and produced by body>data>space through a research and development phase in the UK in 2009 with NESTA, with the aim to envision the skills sets, aptitudes, resources and methodologies that will be required by today’s young people in the workplace from 2020 onwards, given that many of the jobs they will do have not yet been invented. The programme has included debates, round tables and learning experiences, bringing together highly recognised and innovative thinkers, artists, professionals and experts but also young people and professionals to deepen the research and further the conversations around the themes of Robots and Avatars: Future World of Work, Behaviours and Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Health and Well-being, Women in Technology.During 2011-2013 the project was developed at an European level by body>data>space (London, UK), KIBLA (Maribor, Slovenia) and AltArt (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in partnership with FACT (Liverpool) and National Theatre (London) in the UK, with the support of the EU Culture Programme (2007-13). The project included a touring exhibition of artworks largely covered by international press, learning experiences, artist interviews, debates and a publication. Show less

Leanne has worked alongside Ghislaine Boddington since 2001 as part of the shinksnsen / Future Physical team. shinkansen 2001- 2005 - innovative and pioneering 90s collective based in London working with blue skies research in performing arts, digital technologies, group processes ( interauthorship), networks and interculturalism / identity politics.She has been involved in the rehearsal direction and content development of several shinkansen dance and technology projects including;… Show more Leanne has worked alongside Ghislaine Boddington since 2001 as part of the shinksnsen / Future Physical team. shinkansen 2001- 2005 - innovative and pioneering 90s collective based in London working with blue skies research in performing arts, digital technologies, group processes ( interauthorship), networks and interculturalism / identity politics.She has been involved in the rehearsal direction and content development of several shinkansen dance and technology projects including; Virtual Incarnations (ICA/Dance Umbrella), with Akademi of Indian Dance leading and performing in workshops on Telematics and Identity. She was one of the team of producers that enabled the commissioning of 20 art technology pieces for Future Physical between 2001-4, and was the project manager of a 3 year programme of Virtual Incarnations for Dance Umbrella Festival.Recognised for their ground breaking work the British Library acquisitioned the shinkansen documentation and all the tapes/pr materials are held at the British Library as the shinkansen collection. Show less