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• Lindsay Kemp: 'His life on stage was his most intense reality'

  25-08-2018 18:57
  The influential avant garde choreographer and mime has died in Italy, aged 80Turning 80 this year, Lindsay Kemp performed continually with his company of young dancers. He had lost some flexibility because of a back injury and was blind in one eye – which he kept secret – but his artistry could touch people so profoundly that just being in his presence cast a spell.He would talk of putting people into a trance, but more than that, he had an ability to create a moment on stage filled
  
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• Lindsay Kemp – a life in pictures

  25-08-2018 14:02
  The experimental British choreographer and mime, who collaborated with stars such as David Bowie and Kate Bush, has died in Italy at the age of 80 Continue reading...
  
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• British choreographer and mime Lindsay Kemp dies

  25-08-2018 13:30
  Influential avant garde creative force who worked with David Bowie dies in Italy, aged 80
  Lindsay Kemp, the experimental British choreographer and mime, who made his name in the 1960s and collaborated with stars such as David Bowie and Kate Bush during his long career, has died in Italy at the age of 80.Kemp grew up in a poor, one-parent family in South Shields on Tyneside, and transformed himself via early performances in working men’s clubs into an influential avant garde creative force
  
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