biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1938– )
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| biography:
| Mime artist, dancer, and director, born on the I of Lewis, Western Isles, W Scotland, UK. He trained with the Ballet Rambert, where his teachers included mime artist Marcel Marceau, and launched his colourful career at the 1964 Edinburgh Festival. He has had his own company in various forms since the early 1960s, and has created his own work in camp, extravagant style since then, including The Parade's Gone By (1975) and Cruel Garden (1977), both for Ballet Rambert, and Flowers, Midsummer Night's Dream (1979), and The Big Parade for his own company. He directed David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust concerts (1972). Film work includes Jubilee (1977), Italian Postcards (1986), and Travelling Light (1993). Later productions include Madame Butterfly (2000) and The Magic Flute (2000). |
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