Oh Lindsay Kemp we wave goodbye with kisses and love Say hello fro us to Bowie

Lindsay Kemp has left the planet and I think is now dancing somewhere in the ether, , He was 80. Kemp was best know as the mentor of  David Bowie, At 19,  David saw the Kemp Mime troop and asked to join. A lifelong friendship, , that may have begun as a love affair,  was cemented a creative relationship was born. David never forgot what Kemp had taught him about performance and life itself , Kemp also worked with that other Diva of English creativity Kate Bush.too as well as other artists.





Here is a rare interview with  the BBC's Stephen Smith,  Kemp who preferred in public to dance rather than speak. 

At the Florence Queer Festival  Kemp talks about his work :

Here is a video of Mark Almond singing with Holly Johnson and 

Lindsay Kemp... you will have to click through to youtube .. but it is worth it.

Mark Almond introducing LIndsay