The Featherstonehaughs


The Featherstonehaughs are a London-based, all-male 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

The Featherstonehaughs company was formed by Lea Anderson in 1988, complementing The Cholmondeleys, an all-female company formed four years earlier.
Works created by Anderson for The Featherstonehaughs include:
One of the founding members of the Featherstonehaughs is movement director Dan O'Neill who has worked extensively in opera at the Royal Opera House and the Grange Opera among others. He has worked in film, and on the first three series of Humans, a Kudos/AMC production designing the movement of the robots.