Lindsay Kemp

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.

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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

Origin

South Shields, United Kingdom

Occupation

choreographer / actor / ballet dancer / mime artist / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay%20Kemp
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669884

Tags

• choreographer
• actor
• ballet dancer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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