The Featherstonehaughs are a London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

-based, all-male contemporary dance

Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...

 company, described by Arts Council England

Arts Council England

Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...

 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

Lea Anderson

Lea Anderson MBE is a British choreographer and artistic director. With Teresa Barker and Gaynor Coward, she co-founded The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs dance companies, with which she has choreographed over 100 works....

 (now Artistic Director/Choreographer) in 1988, complementing The Cholmondeleys

The Cholmondeleys

The Cholmondeleys are a London-based, all-female contemporary dance company, described by Arts Council England as "one of the leading contemporary dance companies in Britain," presenting work that "is diverse, witty and instantly recognisable."-History:...

, 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)

External link

www.thecholmondeleys.org