Leanne Bird is General Manager and key Project Producer of bodydataspace. a new design unit based in London Bridge.

Leanne's background is in dance and she graduated from Middlesex University in July 2001 with a BA Hons in Dance Studies. She worked as Team Producer for the Future Physical programme initiative during which she administrated the 20 Future Physical commissions, project managed the five main dance/technology commissions and co-project managed four large-scale professional development events that had interwoven public programmes.

She was Project Manager for shinkansen/Dance Umbrella co-curations Virtual Incarnations and Virtual Incarnations Exchange and project manager/rehearsal director/performer for shinkansen projects CellBytes2001 at Middlesex University, Digi-ID with Akademi of Indian Dance. She is now key Project Producer on the bodydataspace projects.