40 years of the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs ︎ 3 AUG ︎
40 years of the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs ︎ 3 AUG ︎
40 years of the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs-
40 years of the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs-
LEA ANDERSON
3 AUG - 10 AUG
BOOK LAUNCH, W/LIVE PERFORMANCE, SCREENING AND EXHIBT
The
Cholmondeleys and The
Featherstonehaughs were contemporary dance companies founded in 1984
and 1987, led by British choreographer and artistic director Lea
Anderson (MBE). To celebrate 40 years of these seminal dance companies and the launch of a new book that presents the breadth of multidiscplianry work of Lea Anderson - TACO! presents a film screening of Anderson's
seminal dance work Smithereens (1999), audio sound tracks, an
exhibit of masks from the costume archive, and a live dance performance.
Lea Anderson’s The Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs is a full colour hardback book with photos by Chris Nash, Pau Ros, Eddie Monsoon, Matilda Temperley, Pete Moss and the Douglas Brothers. Edited by Mary Kate Connolly and designed by Pep Sala, it includes drawings, interviews with key collaborators and features costumes designed by Sandy Powell, Emma Fryer, Simon Vincenzi, Joanna Parker, Marie & Maria, and Jess Hooks. The book is available to buy at TACO! and will be available in the online TACO! Shop.
Lea Anderson’s choreographic style is known for its distinct aesthetic sensibility which draws from a wealth of contemporary culture, media, film, and art history. For over 40 years she has created dance that is irreverent, dark, and deeply affecting. Employing an expansive and collaborative approach to production, her work incorporates costumes, music, film and staging by working with a range of designers, film-makers, musicians, and artists.
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Lea Anderson graduated in 1984 after completing a BA in Dance at the Laban Centre. Upon graduation she co-founded the all-female company The Cholmondeleys with fellow alumni Teresa Barker and Gaynor Coward. She founded the all-male company The Featherstonehaughs in 1987. Both companies were hugely influential in the development of UK contemporary dance, with Lea choreographing over 100 original works that toured nationally and internationally. Lea has won many awards, including a number of Time Out and Dance Umbrella awards and the Bonnie Bird Choreography award. In 2002, she was awarded an MBE, for Services to Dance.
Works made for The Cholmondeleys include: Flesh And Blood (1989/1997), Cold Sweat (1990), Walky Talky (1992), Metalcholica(1994) and Car (1995/96).
Works made 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), and Edits (2010)
Work made with The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs include: Russian Roulette (2008), Yippeee!!! (2006), Double Take (2004), 1 1/2– The Club Shows (2002), 3 (2001), The Cholmondeleys, The Featherstonehaughs And The Victims Of Death In Smithereens (1999), Out On The Windy Beach (1998), Precious (1993), Birthday (1992), and Flag (1988)
Lea Anderson’s The Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs is a full colour hardback book with photos by Chris Nash, Pau Ros, Eddie Monsoon, Matilda Temperley, Pete Moss and the Douglas Brothers. Edited by Mary Kate Connolly and designed by Pep Sala, it includes drawings, interviews with key collaborators and features costumes designed by Sandy Powell, Emma Fryer, Simon Vincenzi, Joanna Parker, Marie & Maria, and Jess Hooks. The book is available to buy at TACO! and will be available in the online TACO! Shop.
Lea Anderson’s choreographic style is known for its distinct aesthetic sensibility which draws from a wealth of contemporary culture, media, film, and art history. For over 40 years she has created dance that is irreverent, dark, and deeply affecting. Employing an expansive and collaborative approach to production, her work incorporates costumes, music, film and staging by working with a range of designers, film-makers, musicians, and artists.
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Lea Anderson graduated in 1984 after completing a BA in Dance at the Laban Centre. Upon graduation she co-founded the all-female company The Cholmondeleys with fellow alumni Teresa Barker and Gaynor Coward. She founded the all-male company The Featherstonehaughs in 1987. Both companies were hugely influential in the development of UK contemporary dance, with Lea choreographing over 100 original works that toured nationally and internationally. Lea has won many awards, including a number of Time Out and Dance Umbrella awards and the Bonnie Bird Choreography award. In 2002, she was awarded an MBE, for Services to Dance.
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Works made for The Cholmondeleys include: Flesh And Blood (1989/1997), Cold Sweat (1990), Walky Talky (1992), Metalcholica(1994) and Car (1995/96).
Works made 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), and Edits (2010)
Work made with The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs include: Russian Roulette (2008), Yippeee!!! (2006), Double Take (2004), 1 1/2– The Club Shows (2002), 3 (2001), The Cholmondeleys, The Featherstonehaughs And The Victims Of Death In Smithereens (1999), Out On The Windy Beach (1998), Precious (1993), Birthday (1992), and Flag (1988)