Home/ BookTour/ Education/ Performance/ Biographies/ News/ Order/ BIOGRAPHY KAZIMIR KOLESNIK Kazimi Kolesnik has toured as far afield as Cuba, Japan, Malaysia and New Zealand. Trained at The Mime Centre, London and the London School of Contemporary Dance, he danced the role of Peter in Adam Darius's The Anne Frank Ballet, both on stage and the televised production broadcast internationally. In the commercial world, he appeared in West Side Story and the West End musical Time. As an actor, he created the role of Arthur Rimbaud in Adam Darius's production of Rimbaud and Verlaine, seen in Britain and Slovenia. For ten summers he was co-director, with Adam Darius, of the Shetland Islands Dance and Mime performances for children. Kazimir Kolesnik's association with Shetland continues as guest choreographer for the Shetland Baton Twirlers under the direction of Caroline Bulter. In this capacity, his choreography has won first prize in Scotland on many occasions. Mr. Kolesnik's many choreographic works also include the acclaimed London production of Yukio Mishima, later seen internationally. He also acted the role of Mishima in Portugal. Kazimir Kolesnik's other ensemble productions include the ballet Bullet, seen in Damascus, Syria, and A Snake in the Grass premiered in Amman, Jordan which he co-directed with Adam Darius, thereby expanding the boundaries of Arabic theatre. For FST Television in Finland, Mr. Kolesnik devised and directed a 13-part comic horror series entitled Hubert Harrington. Additionally, he co-wrote and presented two series for Finnish National Television's YLE. Called travelling in the North, the highly popular programmes explored Finnish Lapland, Norway and Russia. A faculty member of the Lahti Circus School, Mr. Kolesnik directed several of their productions. For Circus Helsinki, he choreographed and co-directed, along with Martina Linder, their productions of Revontulentaika and Sukris, numbers from the show winning first-prize in the European Youth Circus Competition in Germany. For his ongoing and diverse contributions to the world of movement theatre, Kazimir Kolesnik is the recipient of the Shetland Islands Dance and Mime Award, the Beirut Festival du Rire Trophy in Lebanon and, on two occasions, presented by the King Hussein Foundationin Jordan, the Noor Al Hussein Award. Kazimir Kolesnik is a faculty member of Lahti Circus School, Circus Helsinki and Kallion Lukio. Photographs by Kai Sairanen   Home/ BookTour/ Education/ Performance/ Biographies/ News/ Order/