Lindsay Kemp RIP

[Guest]

The death of Lindsay Kemp, at the age of 80, has been reported on the internet and radio. The Guardian provides a beautiful photographic tribute.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2018/aug/25/lindsay-kemp-a-life-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_fb

 

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[Jan McNulty]

What sad news.  Sincere condolences to his family and friends.

 

I remember seeing his company at Sadler's Wells in the late 80s or early 90s in Alice and A Midsummer Night's Dream.  They were such wonderfully theatrical productions.  Of course, I have also seen his wonderful collaboration with Christopher Bruce - Cruel Garden.

 

BBC obituary:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45308468

 

Observer:  https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/aug/25/british-choreographer-and-mime-lindsay-kemp-dies

 

Observer:  https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/aug/25/lindsay-kemp-his-life-on-stage-was-his-most-intense-reality

[bridiem]

Very sad to hear this. He was unique and thrilling, as a performer and as a choreographer/producer. RIP

[LinMM]

A mesmerising artist and performer another great loss. 

[Lynette H]

He was a unique figure. I tried to search for details of a piece of his that I recall Rambert doing called (I think) The Parade's Gone By.  What I did find (which I hadn't explored before) is a mass of detail and filmed interviews from the Rambert archive, available online.  Here's Kemp, filmed in 2016 recalling works made for Rambert. 

 

http://www.rambert.org.uk/explore/rambert-voices/cruel-garden-bruce-kemp-1977/