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Lindsay Kemp

1938 - 2018

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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'. 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. He was also a mentor to David Bowie and Kate Bush. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lindsay Kemp is the 58th most popular dancer (down from 46th in 2019), the 2,863rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,962nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Lindsay Kemp ranks 58 out of 116. Before him are William Forsythe, John Neumeier, Antonio Gades, Kurt Jooss, Jean Coralli, and Carla Fracci. After him are Lucile Grahn, Hans van Manen, Micheline Bernardini, Adam Darius, Olga Preobrajenska, and John Cranko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Lindsay Kemp ranks 283. Before him are Dennis Oppenheim, Enzo G. Castellari, Daevid Allen, Anatoly Marchenko, Shashi Kapoor, and Torgny Lindgren. After him are Betty Cuthbert, Ants Antson, Günter Brus, Aquilino Bocos Merino, Mirko Kovač, and Louis-Marie Billé. Among people deceased in 2018, Lindsay Kemp ranks 224. Before him are James Karen, Philip Bosco, Peter Thompson, Fernando del Paso, Kim Larsen, and Stanislav Govorukhin. After him are Walter Laqueur, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Tab Hunter, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Ramón Chao, and William Goldman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lindsay Kemp ranks 2,864 out of 8,785. Before him are Hayley Atwell (1982), Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831), Henry Wood (1869), Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), E. W. Hornung (1866), and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831). After him are Dennis Viollet (1933), Arthur Waley (1889), Herbert James Draper (1863), Edward William Lane (1801), Joely Richardson (1965), and Jane Digby (1807).

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Among DANCERS In United Kingdom

Among dancers born in United Kingdom, Lindsay Kemp ranks 2. Before him are Margot Fonteyn (1919). After him are Alicia Markova (1910), Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Antony Tudor (1908), and Darcey Bussell (1969).

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