What is Adam Darius?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} [[File:Adam Darius Studio (cropped).jpg|200px|thumb|Adam Darius in 2007]] '''Adam Darius''' (May 10, 1930 &ndash; December 3, 2017) was an American dancer, [[mime artist]], writer and choreographer. As a performer, he appeared in over 85 countries across six continents.<ref name='Dansmuseet'>The extensive archives of Adam Darius´s career as dancer, mime artist and author are now housed in Espoo, Finland and at the [[Royal Academy of Dance]] in London.</ref> As a writer, he published 19 books and wrote 22 plays. <ref name='biblio'>A full catalogue of Adam Darius' publications can be seen at the [http://www.mimecentre.com Mime Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903000013/http://www.mimecentre.com/ |date=September 3, 2009 }}.</ref> He was born in [[New York City]]. He was known for creating plays based on the lives of [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Anne Frank]]. In Britain he has taught, among others, mime artist, dancer and director, [[Kazimir Kolesnik]],<ref>Interview with Kazimir Kolesnik in Darius, A ''Acting: A Psychological and Technical Approach'', Helsinki, 1998 (p.150)</ref> rock star [[Kate Bush]],<ref>Interview with [[Kate Bush]] in Darius, A ''The Adam Darius Method'', Latonia, 1984 (p.236)</ref><ref>Jovanovich, Rob ''Kate Bush: The Biography'', Portrait, 2006</ref> and Hollywood movie star [[Kate Beckinsale]].<ref>Interview with [[Kate Beckinsale]] in Darius, A ''Acting: A Psychological and Technical Approach'', Helsinki, 1998 (p.144)</ref> Darius retired in October 2016. Darius died on December 3, 2017 in [[Espoo]], [[Finland]] of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dancemagazine.com/dancer-and-choreographer-adam-darius-passes-at-87-2517204272.html |title=Dancer and Choreographer Adam Darius Passes at 87 |access-date=2017-12-17 |archive-date=2017-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050728/http://www.dancemagazine.com/dancer-and-choreographer-adam-darius-passes-at-87-2517204272.html |url-status=de