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Lindsay Kemp

リンゼイ・ケンプ　/　りんぜい・けんぷ

Choreographer from United Kingdom

May 3, 1938 – August 24, 2018　・　South Shields, United Kingdom

choreographer
actor
ballet dancer

My Take

Lindsay Kemp is one of those figures I find endlessly fascinating because his influence dwarfs his name recognition. A British dancer, mime, actor and choreographer, he's best remembered for Flowers, his 1974 show built on Jean Genet's novel. What strikes me most is that he taught and mentored a generation, shaping how performers thought about theatricality and the body. The tagline calling him American is plainly wrong, since he was born in South Shields and was thoroughly British. He worked until his death in 2018, and I'd put him in the category of artists whose fingerprints are everywhere even when the public can't name them.

Overview

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

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lindsay Kemp
Name (Japanese): リンゼイ・ケンプ
Reading: りんぜい・けんぷ
Born: May 3, 1938 – August 24, 2018
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Tiger
Origin: South Shields, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: choreographer / actor / ballet dancer / mime artist / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97

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