Jen Leys

Co-Producer - Galup Performance

Jen Leys started out at Black Swan Theatre in Perth, then relocated to Japan in 2004 to work at Tokyo International Arts Festival. She then moved to London to work at Askonas Holt Ltd, producing international tours for performing arts organisations such as Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Jen completed an MA Performance & Culture, Goldsmiths College then travelled back to Perth in 2009 and worked as the Producer for Strut Dance. In 2011 from Sydney, Jen started working freelance specialising in producing, touring, project and artist management services and received an Australia Council Independent Producers Grant in 2012/2013. Representing independent Australian choreographers including Narelle Benjamin and Rhiannon Newton, whilst completing contracts at FORM Dance Projects and fulfilling the role of Associate Producer at Shaun Parker & Company. Now back in Perth, Jen is the Producer at Performing Lines WA, working on projects and tours with West Australian artists including Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, Emma Fishwick, Alex Desebrock and Sally Richardson.