Lesley Jackson

Jazz North have just announced that their first, newly-appointed Executive Director will be Lesley Jackson.

Brief bio from the press release: “Lesley will be joining Jazz North from her current position as Executive Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds where she played a key role in establishing the organisation as one of the leading contemporary dance companies in the UK today and overseeing its part in the capital development of the new home it shares with Northern Ballet.”

She will take up the role in September. LINK TO FULL PRESS RELEASE