Lea Anderson MBE is a British

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

and

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

. She co-founded The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs dance companies with Teresa Barker and Gaynor Coward, at which she has choreographed over 100 works. She was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(MBE) in the 2002 Birthday Honours. Key collaborators include: *Sandy Powell - costume design, *Steve Blake - composer, *Drostan Madden - composer, *Chris Nash - photography, *Simon Corder - lighting/stage design, *Simon Vincenzi - costume and staging design, *Tim Spooner - costume design, *Emma Fryer - costume design, *Jo Stendall - executive producer. Anderson's style has been described as ''" ...this most accessible of choreographers (feeds) not on the esoteric and obscure, but on the readily available debris of media culture."'' The works she has choreographed have been described as ''"Political without being dogmatic, irreverent but not lightweight..."''''Dance without the boring bits'' by Keith Watson
''The Guardian''. 11 September 1999 ''"Top of the shake-up were DV8 and the Cholmondeleys. Political without being dogmatic, irreverent but not light, this was dance shot through with pop sensibilities."''

Career

Anderson graduated from the Laban Centre, prior to that she attended St. Martins College of Art and Design as a visual arts student, but decided eventually to focus on dance.Lea Anderson Q&A with Tanja Mangalanayagam
/ref> Works made for The Cholmondeleys include: Flesh And Blood (1989/1997), Cold Sweat (1990), Walky Talky (1992), Metalcholica (1994), 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), 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), Flag (1988)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Lea Contemporary dance in the United Kingdom Contemporary dance in London English women choreographers Members of the Order of the British Empire Living people Year of birth missing (living people)