Name: Jacky Lansley
Company:
Dance Level: Established
Bio
Jacky Lansley has more than 30 years of professional experience; she was a founder of UK's seminal independent dance studio - X6 Dance Space and Chisenhale Dance Space - and in 2002 she founded the Dance Research Studio, which has supported the making of her recents works www.jackylansley.com and a professional development programme: 'The Speaking Dancer: Interdisciplinary Performance Training for dancers and actors'.
Jacky Lansley's work combines visual and theatrical disciplines and is concerned with space and the site specific; her most recent project 'Standing Stones' toured to 13 major UK cathedrals and 'View from the Shore' was created in the Cornish landscape with which she has a special relationship. Alongside her own practice Jacky has worked extensively in film and theatre as choreographer/ movement director; she is Artistic Director of the Dance Research Studio, an Associate Artist with the Hall for Cornwall, Truro, and an Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University.
Dance Style: Ballroom,Classical Ballet, Contact Improvisation, Contemporary, Historical / Period, Jazz, Jive, Latin American, Mime, Movement Direction, National / Folk, Staging, Tango, Tap
Work Context: ballet company,cabaret,carnival,film,live art and performance art,live music,musical theatre,opera,physical theatre,straight theatre drama,television
Personal Contact
Email: jlansley@easynet.co.uk
Credits
2018
'ABOUT US' (Performance Installation)
Choreographer/Director
Curated by Dance Research Studio.
UK Tour partners: DeMontford University/CIRID; Bluecoat; and Oxford House Theatre.
2018
Any Table, Any Room
Guest Performer.
Choreographed by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, Sadler's Wells Theatre.
2017
Choreographies: Tracing the Materials of an Ephemeral Art Form
Author.
Published by Intellect Books, Ltd.
2016
'Crossing Paths' R&D Project
Choreographer/Director
Curated by Dance Research Studio.
In partnership with Shioban Davies Studios
2014
Continuous practice and research at Dance Research Studio as director, mentor and teacher.
(2012-2015)
2012
Guest Suites
Choreographer/Director
Music: The Bach Cello Suites 1-111 and Jonathan Eato ‘Suite Inserts’; Clore Studio, Royal Opera House, York Minster and Barbican Theatre, Plymouth.
2010
Guests
Choreographer/Director
R&D project in partnership with the Hall for Cornwall.
2010
Recipient of awards from The Sasakawa and Daiwa Foundations
In support of a research visit to Japan to investigate interdisciplinary performance practice.
2010
'Who Became Those' short film
Commissioned by Matts Gallery and Anne Bean; performed, devised and directed by Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early.
2009
The Speaking Dancer: Interdisciplinary Performance Training (SDIPT)
A professional development programme founded/directed by Lansley.
(2009-2018)
2009
Swaying
Writer and director.
Short dance film set in the Cornish coastal landscape.
Premier: Cornish Film Festival.
2008
Standing Stones
Choreographer/Director
The Cathedral Tour premier York Minster and tour of 16 major UK cathedrals. Music: Mozart Clarinet Quintet performed by the Cornish Sinfonia, produced by Ascendance Rep. Premier York Minster.
2008
The Life Class
Short dance fiction film written and directed by Jacky Lansley.
Director of Photography Hugo Glendinning; with actors Vincent Ebrahim and Kathryn Pogson; Music from Stravinsky’s The Firebird. International premiere NAPOLIDANZA 16th International Festival of Video Dance, 29th May 2009
2007
'View from the Shore' and 'Anamule Dance'
Choreographer/Director
Premiered at the Hall for Cornwall and the Clore Studio, Royal Opera House. Co-produced with the Hall for Cornwall. Music; Lindsay Cooper’s Concerto for Sopranino Saxophone and Strings (played live by The Cornish Sinfonia) and recordings of Jelly Roll Morton with new material by Johnny Eato.
2005
Recipient of Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship
To visit the USA for research with choreographer/dancers Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson; Body Mind Centering training with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and location research in New York.
2005
Recipient of an award from The Sasakawa Foundation
To support: 'The Actor Dancer: Interdisciplinary Performance Workshops' for Japanese and UK Performers, designed and directed by Jacky Lansley.
2004
Holding Space
Choreographer/Director
Music: movements from Schubert’s Piano Sonatas, pianist Philip Gammon (Principal Pianist with The Royal Ballet Company). Premiere The Clore Studio at The Royal Opera House. Co-produced with ROH2.
2004
FLOOR
Choreographer/Performer
Solo for the 25th anniversary festival of Chisenhale Dance Space.
2004
The Small Dance
Written and performed by Lansley with actor Vincent Ebrahim form LIFT 04: ENQUIRY at Bargehouse.
2003
Coats and Plays
Choreographer/Director
Researched and developed at DRS; premiered at The Place Theatre followed by residency at The Pegasus Theatre, Oxford.
2002
Founded Dance Research Studio
Here she develops her own choreographic work, teaches and directs a professional development training programme for dancers and actors.
2001
Bird
Choreographer/Director
Premiere Purcell Room, The South Bank Centre and short UK tour. Produced by JLDT and King Alfred’s College, Winchester. Music: from Stravinsky’s The Firebird with new material by composer Philip Howard.
2000
The Man Who Cried
Choreographer
(feature film directed by Sally Potter)
1999
Les Diables 2
Choreographer/Director
Awarded a Chisenhale Dance Space Bursary for further research on material connected to The Firebird, leading to a performance and film showing at CDS.
1998
Through The Fire
A short documentary film about the research process of Les Diables, directed by Lansley with film maker Tamara MacLachlan. Recipient of a RobinHoward Foundation award.
1998
Les Diables 1
Choreographer/Director
Research residency at The University of North London with experienced interdisciplinary performers to explore material from Fokine’s The Firebird.
Costume designs Paul Minter, music advisor Michael Finnissy.
1998
Do My Shoes Reflect The Quality Of My Intellect?
Writer/choreographer
One woman ‘lecture’ performance - part of the ‘Rough Magic’ performance season at the University of North London curated by Anna Furse; and UK tour of other universities.
1997
L’Autre
Choreographer/Director
Performed by Lansley and Philip Howard; a duet for dancer and pianist inspired by Michel Fokine’s Petrouchka. Premiered at The Place Theatre as part of ‘The Singular Voice of Woman’ concert.
1996
Tales from the Citadel
Guest Performer
produced by Green Candle Dance Company; national tour and Dance Umbrella Festival at Riverside Studios, London.
1995
British Council supported visit to Brazil
For research activities and as a guest lecturer at the Brasilia V International Dance Seminar.
1994
British Council supported visit to Skopje, Macedonia and Belgrade, Serbia
Lecture workshops and exchange with local artists.
1993
Orlando
Choreographer
(feature film director Sally Potter)
Filmed on location in Russia.
1992
Hiawatha
Choreographer/ Co- Director
With Lily Susan Todd, Bristol Old Vic.
Choreography/Director
Rules of Engagement
Interdisciplinary work written, directed and choreographed with Terri Diab, produced by Giselle Enterprises.
1990
'The Crucible' and 'The Tempest'
Choreographer/Movement Director
Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre.
1989
The Queue
Choreographer/Director
Full length performance work for English New Dance Theatre in Newcastle.
1988
Earth
Choreographer/Director
Large scale site specific community project. Produced by English New Dance Theatre with Sheffield City Polytechnic.
1987
Artistic Director of the English New Dance Theatre, Newcastle
(1987-1990)
1987
'A Doll's House'
Choreographer
Manchester Royal Exchange.
1986
Beauty and the Beast
Movement Director
Dir: Jules Wright
Produced by The Women's Playhouse Trust at The Old Vic Theatre, London.
1985
The Possessed
Movement Director
Dir: Yuri Lyubimov
Almeida Theatre, London and international tour.
1985
Miss Julie
Movement Director
Dir: Jules Wright
Produced by The Women's Playhouse Trust at Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.
1984
The Lucky Chance
Choreographer
Dir: Jules Wright
Produced by The Women's Playhouse Trust at The Royal Court, London.
1983
Impersonations
Choreographer/Director
Spiral Dance Company, Liverpool.
1982
The Impersonators
Writer/ Choreographer/Director
The Drill Hall, London and UK Tour.
1980
I, Giselle
Writer/Choreographer/Director with Fergus Early.
The Drill Hall, London and UK Tour.
1980
(1980) Co-founder of Chisenhale Dance Space
(1975-1980) Co-founder of the X6 Dance Collective at X6 Dance Space
(1974-1977) Co-founder Limited Dance Company with Sally Potter and Rose English
(1972-1974) Performer and Choreographer with Strider, Director Richard Alston