Lindsay Kemp

Lindsay Kemp
Kemp in 2016
Born
Lindsay Keith Kemp

(1938-05-03)3 May 1938
Birkenhead, England
Died24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 80)
Livorno, Italy
Known forDance, actor, mime artist
Websitelindsaykemp.eu

Lindsay Keith Kemp (3 May 1938[1] – 24 August 2018)[2][3][4] was a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer.[5]

He was probably best known for his 1974 flagship production of Flowers, a mime and music show based on Jean Genet's novel Our Lady of the Flowers, in which he played the lead role of 'Divine'. Owing to its homosexual themes and perceived decadence, reviews were sometimes hostile, but it was widely considered a theatrical and sensory sensation, and it toured globally for many years.[6] He was also a mentor to David Bowie and Kate Bush.[7]

  1. ^ British Film Institute entry for Lindsay Kemp Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Daniel Kreps (25 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp, Dancer and David Bowie Collaborator, Dead at 80". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ^ Mark Armstrong (25 August 2018). "British dancer Lindsay Kemp dies". Euronews.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ^ David Rankin (25 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp, choreographer and Bowie mentor, dies aged 80". The Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ^ "L'uccello di fuoco". Nonsolocinema.com (in Italian). 2 March 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ^ Church, Michael: The fabulous, fabulous world of Kemp, Independent, 31 August 1996 [1]
  7. ^ Lindsay Kemp obituary, The Guardian, 27 August 2018