The Featherstonehaughs are a
London-based, all-male
contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...
company, described by
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three s ...
as "one of the leading contemporary dance companies in Britain," presenting work that "is diverse, witty and instantly recognisable."
History
The Featherstonehaughs company was formed by
Lea Anderson (now Artistic Director/Choreographer) in 1988, complementing
The Cholmondeleys, an all-female company formed four years earlier.
Works created by Anderson for The Featherstonehaughs include:
* ''The Show'' (1990)
* ''The Featherstonehaughs’ Big Feature'' (1991)
* ''The Featherstonehaughs Immaculate Conception'' (1992)
* ''The Bends '' (1994)
* ''The Featherstonehaughs Go Las Vegas'' (1995)
* ''The Featherstonehaughs Draw On The Sketchbooks Of Egon Schiele'' (1997) (2010)
* ''Edits'' (2010)
One of the founding members of the Featherstonehaughs (1990–1997) is movement director Dan O'Neill who has worked extensively in opera at the
Royal Opera HouseThe Royal Opera House: Dan O'Neill
/ref> and the Grange Opera among others. He has worked in film ( The Girl with All The Gifts, 2016), and on the first three series of Humans, a Kudos/AMC production (2015, 2016, 2018) designing the movement of the robots.
References
External links
www.thecholmondeleys.org
Dance companies in the United Kingdom
Contemporary dance in London
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