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."^[1]

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.^[2]

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 House^[3] 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.