Lindsay Kemp
Lindsay Kemp | |
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Born | Lindsay Keith Kemp 3 May 1938 Birkenhead, England |
Died | 24 August 2018 Livorno, Italy | (aged 80)
Known for | Dance, actor, mime artist |
Website | lindsaykemp |
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]
Early life
Kemp was born in
Dance career
Kemp played the Player Queen in the BBC's Shakespeare
Kemp's stage performances include Pierrot In Turquoise, Salome,
During the early 1970s, Kemp was a popular and inspirational teacher of dance and mime.[10] David Bowie,[20][21] Kate Bush[22] and Vivian Stanshall[23] were students of Kemp. He staged and performed in Bowie's Ziggy Stardust concerts at London's Rainbow Theatre in August 1972, with Jack Birkett,[24] and appears in the promotional video for Bowie's single "John, I'm Only Dancing", directed by Mick Rock.[25] Bush later wrote the song "Moving", which appeared on her debut album The Kick Inside, as a tribute to Kemp.[22][26] Bush also contributed vocals to Zaine Griff's song "Flowers", which is also a tribute to Kemp.[27]
Kemp's film roles include a supporting role in the Kate Bush short film
In the field of opera he occasionally produced works in Italy;
Personal life
Kemp was gay.[33][34] He was also rumoured to have had an affair with David Bowie,[35] and their friendship was highly important in Bowie's artistic development. He left England in 1979 for Spain and then Italy. By 2002 he had homes in Rome and Todi.[10]
Death
Kemp died in Livorno, Italy, on 24 August 2018, aged 80.[36] David Haughton, his closest friend and collaborator for 45 years, said Kemp had remained busy and active right until the end, saying "he suddenly said he felt ill, and a minute and a half later he was gone."[9]
Bibliography
- Lindsay Kemp - di David Haughton e Guido Harari - Editoriale Domus (1982)
- Sogni di luce. Lindsay Kemp - Giovanna Talà - Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editore (2012)
- Lindsay Kemp. Wednesday drawings - Peccolo Editore (2014)
- Lindsay Kemp Claudio Barontini. Disegni e fotografie - Vittorio Sgarbi - CAMeC - Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (2018)
Filmography
- The Vampire Lovers (1970),[37] as Jester
- Savage Messiah (1972),[29][38] as Angus Corky
- The Wicker Man (1973),[29] as Alder MacGregor
- The Stud (1974), as Topstar[1]
- Sebastiane (1976),[29] as Dancer
- Valentino (1977),[39] as Mortician
- Jubilee (1978), as Cabaret performer[29]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream for TV (1985),[39] as Puck
- Cartoline italiane (Italian Postcards) (1987)[40]
- The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993),[22]as Guide
- Velvet Goldmine (1998), as Pantomime Dame[29]
- Guest appearances in Spanish TV show La Mandrágora in 2005 and 2006[15]
- Battle of Soho (2017),[41][42][43] his last film performance
- David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019) as himself
- Lindsay Kemp Claudio Barontini. Drawings and photographs regia di [2] Cristiana Cerrini - Art documentary (2020)
Choreography
- Le Train Blue - in coöperation with Ben Holder, for Introdance, Netherlands
- "The Parades Gone By" - for Ballet Rambert, London, 1975 with music by Carlos Miranda
- "Cruel Garden" - for Ballet Rambert, London, 1977 with Christopher Bruce, Music by Carlos Miranda
References
- ^ a b c British Film Institute entry for Lindsay Kemp Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Daniel Kreps (25 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp, Dancer and David Bowie Collaborator, Dead at 80". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Mark Armstrong (25 August 2018). "British dancer Lindsay Kemp dies". Euronews.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ David Rankin (25 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp, choreographer and Bowie mentor, dies aged 80". The Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ a b "L'uccello di fuoco". Nonsolocinema.com (in Italian). 2 March 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ Church, Michael: The fabulous, fabulous world of Kemp, Independent, 31 August 1996 [1]
- ^ Lindsay Kemp obituary, The Guardian, 27 August 2018
- ^ Nadine Meisner, "Lindsay Kemp: How the lost boy of dance found his feet", The Independent, 28 January 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2018
- ^ a b c "Lindsay Kemp, performer and Bowie mentor, dies at 80". BBC News. 24 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Smith, Rupert (30 January 2002). "Lindsay Kemp talks to Rupert Smith about his outrageous career". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
'I first danced Salome in school, naked but for some toilet paper' ... influenced David Bowie, and thus influenced every pop musician with the possible exception of ... respect for this 63-year-old dancer-mime-actor-choreographer-director has reached critical mass
- ^ "Lindsay Kemp obituary". The Guardian. 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "British choreographer and mime Lindsay Kemp dies". The Guardian. 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Lindsay Kemp, choreographer and Bowie mentor, dies at 80". UsaPostClick. 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ David Whetstone (17 September 2016). "He worked with Bowie and taught Kate Bush – and now Lindsay Kemp is coming home". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Lindsay Kemp Company The Big Parade" (PDF). attraversolospettacolo (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ Lindsay Kemp's oral history interview in the Rambert Archive https://vimeo.com/236578550
- ^ Youth Music Theatre UK (8 October 2013). "Variété 2013 – Youth Music Theatre UK (YMT)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ Dillard, Brian J. (2008). "Kate Bush: Live at Hammersmith Odeon (1979)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
studied with David Bowie mentor Lindsay Kemp
- ^ Brown, Mick (September 1974). "Lindsay Kemp: The Man Who Taught Bowie His Moves". Crawdaddy!. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d Nyren, Erin (25 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp, Choreographer and Bowie Mentor, Dies at 80". Variety. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall, a Fairytale of Grimm Art
- ^ Romano, Nick (25 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp, David Bowie mentor and Ziggy Stardust influencer, dies at 80". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-4481-3247-8.
- ISBN 978-1-78323-392-2.
- ^ Twomey, Seán (25 August 2018). "In Memory of Lindsay Kemp 1938–2018". Kate Bush News. Homeground Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b c Gallagher, Paul (10 February 2011). "Lindsay Kemp's Last Dance". Retrieved 29 April 2012.
Sebastiane and Jubilee; and in Ken Russell's The Devils and Savage Messiah, ... original version of The Wicker Man
- ^ a b c d e f g Coveney, Michael (26 August 2018). "Lindsay Kemp obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Del Nista, Roberto. Report from Livorno. Opera March 2017, Vol 68 No. 3, 338–339.
- ^ Bourke, Kevin (3 July 2018). "What Love Would Want: Lindsay Kemp and Tim Arnold chat to Northern Soul". Northern Soul. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Cochrane, Robert (19 June 2018). "A Simplicity Sublime". Culture Catch. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ Thian, Helene M. (11 June 2013). "For David Bowie, Japanese style was more than just fashion". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-307-71699-6. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lindsey Kemp Obituary, The Times, 28 August 2018
- ^ "Lindsay Kemp obituary". theguardian.com. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Lindsay Kemp is on the phone: Scenes from his life from Genet to Bowie", Dangerous Minds, 3 May 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2018
- ^ "Lindsay Kemp: il carisma e la grazia di un maestro". XL Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Cartoline Italiane". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Anna Harvey. "Surprisingly Moving Documentary ★★★★".
- ^ Clarisse, Loughrey. "BBC Hermode And Mayo's Review". BBC.
- ^ Carrier, Dan. "BATTLE OF SOHO Review ☆☆☆☆".
External links
- Lindsay Kemp at IMDb
- Lindsay Kemp at the Internet Broadway Database
- Official Lindsay Kemp website
- Information site run by Yukihiko Yoshida, with a list of works