"Bird unfolds on a stylish stage... more elegant still is Lansley's weaving of history into the choreography..."
Guardian on Bird

“…this piece hovers excitingly between theatre and dance and exists in a present infused by a premonition of what is about to become history. In love and in war. It is a great contribution by the consummate choreographer, Jacky Lansley.”
Yana Stajno on Coats and Plays

Previous work since 1997 include:

• 2003: Coats and Plays
  Choreographed by Jacky Lansley.
  Performed by Gareth Farley, Jacky Lansley and Lucy Tuck.
  First private performance at the Dance Research Studio in December 2002, premiered at The Place Theatre in January 2003, and a short residency at The Pegasus Theatre, Oxford, in February 2003.
   
• 2002: Jacky Lansley moved to the Dance Research Studio, a new work/live development in Shoreditch, London, where she develops her own choreographic work, teaches and organises a small programme of physical training and workshops for dancers and actors. Her production company Jacky Lansley Dance Theatre is based at the studio.
   
• 2001: Bird.
  Choreographed and written by Lansley, with music by composer Philip Howard and costume design by Nina Ayres .
  Performed by Sonia Ritter, Fergus Early, Kevin Pamplin and third year dance and performance students from King Alfred's College, Winchester who performed the role of ‘The Chorus'. Premiered at The South Bank Centre in March 2001, followed by a short UK tour. Funded by Southern Arts and King Alfred's College, Winchester
   
• 2000: The Man Who Cried
  Feature film choreographed by Jacky Lansley. Directed by Sally Potter.
   
• 1999: Les Diables 2
  Awarded a Chisenhale Dance Space bursary to undertake further choreographic, design and music research towards a presentation of performance and the film Through The Fire at Chisenhale Dance Space. Collaborators included musician/composer Philip Howard and costume designer Paul Minter and actor Vincent Ebrahim.
   
• 1998: Through The Fire
  A short documentary film concerning Les Diables research; directed by Jacky Lansley with film maker Tamara MacLachlan. Funded by a Robin Howard Foundation award.
   
• 1998: Les Diables 1
  A research residency at The University of North London with a company of experienced interdisciplinary performers exploring material from Michel Fokine's ballet The Firebird and the myths and stories which informed it, with particular reference to the characters of the chorus. Choreographed and directed by Jacky Lansley, costume design Paul Minter, music advisor Philip Howard.
   
• 1998/99: Do My Shoes Reflect The Quality Of My Intellect?
  Devised and choreographed by Jacky Lansley.
  A one woman ‘lecture' performance - part of the ‘Rough Magic' performance season at the University of North London, the Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton, The Stripe Theatre, Winchester and at other institutions in the UK.
   
• 1997: L'Autre
  Choreographed and directed by Jacky Lansley, with costume design by Paul Minter, music arrangement by Philip Howard.
  A duet for dancer and pianist, inspired by Michel Fokine's Petrouchka. Performed by Philip Howard as ‘The Pianist' and Jacky Lansley. Premiered at The Place Theatre as part of ‘The Singular Voice of Woman' concert.

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2003: coats and plays
photograph: Yoko Nishimura

2001: bird
photograph: Dee Conway

1998: through the fire
photograph: Steve Blunt

1997: l'autre
photograph: Hugo Glendinning

"The show is sufficiently strange and wondrous to suggest – in a modest way – the true originality of its distant model (Fokine's Firebird).

Better still it's amusing and beautifully performed... ...Bird was bursting with detail, erudition and droll humour."
Independent on Sunday on Bird