Dr Leslie Deere is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she works within the Guildhall Production Studio on questions of digital performance, immersive technologies, and the relationship between embodied presence and virtual environments. Her interdisciplinary formation spans classical dance training, Sonic Arts, and a PhD in Fine Art and Extended Reality Technologies from Glasgow School of Art, and her research and creative practice are mutually constitutive, spanning audiovisual performance, gesture-controlled XR systems, sound installation, and participatory immersive environments.

Central to this work is her concept of 'The Embodied Instrument', which positions the body as both compositional agent and site of perceptual inquiry. This through-line connects her performance practice with her broader investigations into how multisensory, interactive systems generate meaning, agency, and experience for participants and audiences alike. Her work engages questions of spectatorship, co-presence, and the shifting boundaries between performer, system, and environment.

Her practice has been exhibited and performed internationally at venues including MoMA PS1, the BFI, CCA Glasgow, the Whitstable Biennale, and Kew Gardens. Her academic outputs include contributions to the Springer volume Arts and Computational Culture, the Media Art History Journal, and The Palgrave Handbook of Sound and Music Visualisation. Her work has been presented most recently at the 18th Triennial of Art and Technology, Ammerman Center, Connecticut College.