| Code | DS/UK/P540 |
| Dates | 1946- |
| Person Name | Early; Fergus (1946-) |
| Surname | Early |
| Forenames | Fergus |
| Activity | Trained at Royal Ballet School, 1957-1964; dancer, Royal Ballet, 1964-1968; assistant ballet master, Ballet for All, 1965-1968; choreographer, Ballet for All, 1969-1971; choreographer, Northern Dance Theatre, 1972; teacher, The Place, 1972; dancer/teacher, London School of Contemporary Dance; co-editor, New Dance, 1977-1983; co-founder, X6 Dance Space, 1976; co-founder, Chisenhale Dance Space, 1981; dance fellow, East Midlands Arts, November 1981- April 1982; choreographer for Greater London Arts making works for children, 1984; founder, Green Candle Dance Company, 1987. For his choreographic works see the dances database. |
| Gender | Male |
| Dates and Places | Born 4 August 1946, Worthing, Sussex. |
| Source | Extemporary Dance Theatre papers file ED/E/57/6. Alison Kirkman, 'Green Candle Dance', Dancing Times, August 2004, pp25-27. Craine, D. and Mackrell, J. Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| XZP/683 | Early, Fergus | |
| AD/E/3/6 | East Midlands Arts \ Dance and Mime in the East Midlands | 1982 |
| GC/J/998 | Green Candle Dance Company \ Tales from the Citadel; Merseyside Dance Initiative \ Video Evaluation Report of Green Candle's 1994 Sooki and the Kozzibimweh Residency; Now Showing \ Old Man Dragging Stones | 1997 | 1994 | 26/01/1995 |
| GC/E/17/2 | Reports on Workshops, Residencies and Performances \ 1988-1995 \ 2 of 4 | 1988-1995 |
| GC/E/13/12 | Publicity and Press \ Company in General \ Leaflet Drafts and Originals | n.d. |
| GC/E/20/5 | Green Candle: A Community Dance Company For East London \ A Report on Preliminary Research \ Fergus Early \ 1986 | 1986 |
| GC/E/5/7 | Finance \ Banking \ 1988-1991 | 1988-1991 |
| GC/E/14/9 | Productions \ Swan \ Marketing \ 1990-1991 | 1991 |
| ED/E/85/8 | Reports \ Dance & Mime in the East Midlands | 1982 |
| GC/J/989 | Green Candle Workshop and Performance \ Fiddle-di-Goop (Early) \ Redlands Nursery E1 | 2 October 1987 |
| GC/E/13/1 | Publications - Growing Bolder: A Start Up Guide to Creating Dance with Older People | 1996 |
| GC/E/20/2 | Biography of Fergus Early | 1995 |
| GC/E/20/6 | Green Candle \ First Light \ Report of the First Year of the Company | 1987 |
| ED/A/492 | Naples \ Orchestral selections | 1982 |
| ED/A/490 | Naples | 1980s |
| ED/A/489 | It Happened at Club Bombay Cinema (excerpts) / Naples (finale) | 1982 |
| AD/H/191 | People Who Dance | 3-9 March 1979 |
| GC/J/1007 | Road Home, The | 8 May 1996 |
| GC/E/13/4 | Publications \ Newsletter \ Correspondence, Notes, Drafts and Final Product \ No. 5 Winter 1994 | 1994 |
| GC/E/12/2 | Publications \ Teachers' Resource Pack \ Old Man Dragging Stones \ Research, Draft Manuscripts and Plans | 1993 |
| GC/E/11/9 | Publicity and Press \ Articles about Green Candle | 1989-1998 |
| GC/E/17/1 | Reports on Workshops, Residencies and Performances \ 1988-1995 \ 1 of 4 | 1987-1995 |
| GC/A/748 | Very Best Friend, The \ Music (Davies) | 1997 |
| XZJ/19 | Study of Dance Conference 1983 \ Trois Gymnopedies (Early), Passive Resistance (Furse and Prestidge), Musk (Hamilton) | 12 April 1983 |
| ED/E/57/6 | Personnel \ Biographies | 1977 |
| XZA/662 | Green Candle Dance Company \ Very Best Friend, The | 1997 |
| JS/H/6283 | Dance for Africa | 24 November 1985 |
| AD/H/192 | Dance and Mime in the Midlands \ Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham \ 24/04/1982 | 24 April 1982 |
| CDC/H/181 | Cycles Dance Company \ Action Space, Drill Hall, London \ 1978 | 1978 |
| AD/H/193 | Dance Umbrella 80 | 1980 |
| GC/J/987 | Road Home, The \ Rough Edit; North West Tonight \ Green Candle at LIPA | 1992-1996 |
| XZM/342 | Early, Fergus | |
| EM/E/19/1 | Midlands Dance Company \ Miscellaneous | c1984 |