Lea Anderson

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rdf:langString Lea Anderson MBE is a British choreographer and artistic director. 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 (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..."