Lindsay Kemp

Lindsay Kemp was a British choreographer, actor, ballet dancer and mime artist (1938–2018). He was born at South Shields and died at Livorno.

Also recorded as Lindsay Keith Kemp.

Lindsay Kemp in brief

Born
1938
Died
2018
Known for
choreographer, actor, mime artist, dancer and pedagogue
Place of birth
South Shields
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Lindsay Keith Kemp. His recorded languages were English and Italian.

Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1890 to 1994.

Lindsay Kemp, dated 1994. Scatterlings, dated n.d., collage, watercolor, and crayons, with graphite, gouache, colored pencils, and touches of pen and black ink on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1522. The Mermaid, dated 1890/1922, pen and black ink on cream card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.3628. Lindsay Symon, MD interviewed by W. Kemp Clark, MD. D37., dated 1988, held by Wellcome Collection. General Correspondence, dated 1930-1986, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 6, dated Aug 1901 - Jul 1903, held by Wellcome Collection. Mellanby, Sir Edward, dated 1896-1974, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kemp, Lindsay, (born 3 May 1938), Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Performer, Lindsay Kemp Co., since 1962; painter, designer, teacher, Who's Who, 2007. Kemp, Lindsay Keith (1938–2018), dancer, mime artist, and choreographer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2022. Return of the Kleinmeister. Forgotten Classical Composer Joseph Martin Kraus Rediscovered by Lindsay Kemp, The Musical Times, 1992. Review of Lindsay Kemp's<i>Perché sei tu?</i>(directed by Lindsay Kemp at Teatro Nuovo, Verona, 12 April 2013), Shakespeare, 2014.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (10318236-6). Those registers additionally record the form Kemp Company.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Programa de mano - Cenicienta - Lindsay Kemp - Sadler's Wells Londres — Internet Archive. Programa de mano - Cenicienta - Lindsay Kemp - Madrid 1995 (1995) — Internet Archive. Cultural Factors in Callous Unemotional Traits and their Behavioural Correlates (2021) — Internet Archive. The Role of Extinction Learning in Callous-Unemotional Traits (2019) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 24 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1890The Mermaid (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  2. 1901Henry Wellcome Letter Book 6 (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1930General Correspondence (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1938Lindsay Kemp born at South Shields.
  5. 1988Lindsay Symon, MD interviewed by W. Kemp Clark, MD. D37. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1994Lindsay Kemp.
  7. 1995Programa de mano - Cenicienta - Lindsay Kemp - Madrid 1995 digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2018Lindsay Kemp died at Livorno.
  9. 2019The Role of Extinction Learning in Callous-Unemotional Traits digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 2021Cultural Factors in Callous Unemotional Traits and their Behavioural Correlates digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Kemp, Lindsay Keith (1938–2018), dancer, mime artist, and choreographer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Kemp, Lindsay, (born 3 May 1938), Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Performer, Lindsay Kemp Co., since 1962; painter, designer, teacher, Who's Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Lindsay Kemp (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Return of the Kleinmeister. Forgotten Classical Composer Joseph Martin Kraus Rediscovered by Lindsay Kemp, The Musical Times, 1992

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Review of Lindsay Kemp's<i>Perché sei tu?</i>(directed by Lindsay Kemp at Teatro Nuovo, Verona, 12 April 2013), Shakespeare, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 10318236-6, Lindsay Kemp Company.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 6 digitised items catalogued under Lindsay Kemp as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Lindsay Kemp.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 4 works naming Lindsay Kemp.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2669884: Lindsay Kemp

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  11. 11.

    “Lindsay Kemp”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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