Editing Ian Curtis (section)

===Stage performances===
Curtis's onstage dancing was often reminiscent of the seizures he experienced<ref>Curtis, p. 114.</ref> and has been termed by some to be his "epilepsy dance".<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.gigwise.com/news/107004/ian-curtis-joy-division-dancing-tribute-anniversary-of-death| title= Explore the Strange, Wonderful Dancing of Joy Division's Ian Curtis| date= 18 May 2016| author=Alexandra Pollard| website= Gigwise.com| access-date= 25 September 2017}}</ref> Throughout Joy Division's live performances in 1979 and 1980, Curtis collapsed several times while performing and had to be carried off stage.<ref>Curtis, p. 113.</ref> To minimise any possibility of Curtis having epileptic seizures, flashing lights were prohibited at Joy Division gigs; despite these measures, Bernard Sumner later stated that certain percussion effects would cause Curtis to have a seizure.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lester |first=Paul |date=November 2007 |title=Torn Apart: The Legend of Joy Division |magazine=[[Record Collector]]}}</ref> In April 1980,<ref name="p126">Curtis, Deborah (1995). p. 126.</ref> Terry Mason was appointed as a minder to ensure Curtis took his prescribed medications, avoided alcohol consumption and got sufficient sleep.<ref name="p126"/>

Regarding the [[choreography]] of Curtis's stage performances, [[Greil Marcus]] in ''The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs'' quotes [[Jon Savage]] from ''[[Melody Maker]]'': "Ian's mesmeric style mirrored the ever more frequent epileptic spasms that Deborah Curtis had to cope with at home."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Savage |first=Jon |title=Joy Division: 'Unknown Pleasures |journal=[[Melody Maker]] |date=21 July 1979}}</ref> Marcus remarked that Curtis's performance "might also have been a matter of intentionally replicating fits, re-enacting them, using them as a form of energy and a form of music."<ref>{{Cite book|title = The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs|url = https://archive.org/details/historyofrocknro0000marc|url-access = registration|last = Marcus|first = Greil |publisher = [[Yale University Press]]|year = 2014|location = New Heaven & London|pages = [https://archive.org/details/historyofrocknro0000marc/page/44 44]}}</ref> In addition to his epilepsy dance, Curtis was known for other on-stage moves such as pulling wooden tiles off the stage and throwing them into the audience. Peter Hook recalled, “He [Curtis] dropped a pint pot on the stage, it smashed, and he rolled around in the broken glass, cutting a ten-inch gash in his thigh.”<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Butcher |first=Simon |date=August 17, 2012 |title=10 Things You Never Knew About… Ian Curtis |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/10-things-you-never-knew-about-ian-curtis/ |access-date=December 8, 2023 |website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]}}</ref>

Along with his stage performances, Curtis was known for his fashion on the stage particularly for his “crumpled shirts, tailored trousers, leather shoes”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AnotherMan |date=2019-08-12 |title=The Subversive Normality of Ian Curtis' Style |url=https://www.anothermanmag.com/style-grooming/10919/ian-curtis-joy-division-lead-singer-frontman-style-fashion |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=AnotherMan |language=en}}</ref>

Curtis's final live performance with Joy Division was on 2 May 1980 at the High Hall of the [[University of Birmingham]] and included Joy Division's first and only performance of "[[Ceremony (New Order song)|Ceremony]]", later recorded by [[New Order (band)|New Order]] and released as their debut single. The final song Curtis performed on stage with Joy Division prior to his death was "[[Digital (Joy Division song)|Digital]]".{{refn|group=n|The recording of this performance was later included on the 1981 [[compilation album]] ''[[Still (Joy Division album)|Still]]''.<ref>[http://www.joydiv.org/c020580.htm Joy Division Concert: 2 May 1980] Joy Division Central</ref>}}