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Stacia
Stacia in 1974
Born
Stacia Blake

1952-1953[1]
Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation(s)Visual artist, performance artist/dancer
Years active1969–present
SpouseRoy Dyke

Stacia Blake, known mononymously as Stacia, is a former performance artist/dancer with the rock band Hawkwind.

Early years

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Stacia was born in Exeter, Devon, England.[1]

With Hawkwind

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Stacia applies makeup in preparation for Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind tour date

Stacia joined Hawkwind in 1971; however accounts vary as to how and why she began working with the band. Liner notes to In Search of Space indicate that poet and lyricist Robert Calvert recruited her for live shows.[citation needed] In 2012, Nik Turner, Hawkwind's saxophonist and flautist told Mojo magazine, "I met Stacia for the first time at the Isle of Wight... She said, "Can I dance with you?" and I said, "Yeah, but you must take off all your clothes and paint your body." She took all her clothes off but unfortunately I didn't have any body paint. That was like her audition."[2] In an interview in British music magazine Melody Maker, Stacia herself stated that she attended a show and, inspired by the music, got on stage and performed an impromptu dance to the band's music.[citation needed] However, in an interview in Prog Magazine, she said in her first time dancing with the band, at the Flamingo Ballroom in 1971, she asked permission from the band members to dance.[1] She immediately became an integral part of the live show after joining in 1971.

According to a 1974 interview in Penthouse, Stacia was six feet (183 cm) tall and "happily bisexual".[3] She regularly augmented her visual impact by performing topless or nude, her body decorated in iridescent or luminescent paint. In a 2007 BBC Four documentary, Lemmy described her as 6 ft 2 inches (188 cm) tall with a 52 inch (132 cm) bust and a bookbinder by trade. The same documentary said that she was working as a petrol pump attendant in Cornwall when she joined the band.[4]

Stacia regarded most of what she did with the band as interpretive dance, although there were some set routines.[1] She was an integral part of the early to mid-1970s Hawkwind show, particularly during the Space Ritual era. She left Hawkwind in 1975 after touring in support of the Warrior on the Edge of Time album and implied in a 2019 interview that her departure was not her idea.[1]

After Hawkwind

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After leaving Hawkwind, Stacia returned to private life and married Roy Dyke.[1] As former Hawkwind manager Doug Smith said in the October 2000 issue of Classic Rock magazine, "The last anybody heard, Stacia was married with children and living in Hamburg with her husband Roy Dyke, formerly of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke."[citation needed] She lives in Ireland and works as an artist.[4][5]

Stacia appeared and performed with former Hawkwind member Nik Turner and contemporary dancer Ms. Angel at Kozfest in 2019. The unannounced performance was her first since she last appeared with Hawkwind at Reading Festival in August 1975.[6]

Artistic education

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Exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Hughes, Rob (November 2019). "The Prog Interview". PROG Magazine (103): 54–59. Retrieved 30 July 2021 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ staff (September 2012). "The Isle of Wight Festival, 1970". MOJO Magazine (226): 27.
  3. ^ "Long, tall "Stacia - the six foot lady with the two-way sex life"". Penthouse. 1974. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b Simon Chu (Director), Tim Cumming (Writer) (20 March 2007). Hawkwind: Do Not Panic (Documentary). BBC.
  5. ^ "New exhibition aims to show "peace" works". Kellypr.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  6. ^ Ewing, Jerry (31 July 2019). "Hawkwind dancer Stacia makes first stage appearance in 43 years!". loudersound.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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