Veteran of more than ten years of live performance and film production, and with nearly five years of on-camera work under his belt (or, occasionally, harness), Adam Killian is taking his show on the road to visit Calgary at the end of August. This hard body Renaissance man has done it all: dance, sex shows, directing, producing, performing, parades, and even some musical theatre in his college days. I had a chance to chat with Adam recently, to ask about his upcoming visit, his career, and how he keeps in the kind of shape we love to watch.

Killian entered the adult industry soon after graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in the performing arts. Since so many people enter the industry by happenstance, I asked him if he’d had his eye on it from the beginning. "How can you not have your eye on sex when you’re at university?" he responded.  Fair enough. "I definitely was interested in all things sexual during my early university years. It definitely came naturally," something that he attributes, in part, to a long history of movement and physicality, particularly in terms of his passion for dance. Always active, Killian sees the sports he played and the training he did as all contributing to his ability to move, to put his body right where he wants it at just the right moment. "From the beginning I was doing things that made my body function well in a dance environment. Dance is also a great teaching skill for performing – as dancers, we study the body. It was a great way to really become familiar and comfortable and explore, and learn how to use my body."

It’s no secret that gay men are often held to a standard of body image that isn’t usually applied to straight folks. When I asked Adam if he felt pressured to maintain his sculpted physique, he demurred, mentioning that he started hitting the gym regularly only after moving to Los Angeles. It’s clear, however, that Killian’s physique is a labour of love, if it could be called labour at all. He’s certainly not an everyday gym-goer, and seemed much more enthusiastic about dance, hiking, and yoga. "I think yoga’s probably been one of the best things that I’ve discovered in life. It definitely helps, physically, with everything, no matter what you do. It helps your posture, so any job, sitting, standing, manual labour, will be easier to do. It covers all the bases. It helps calm you down on the inside, it helps tone you up on the outside."

Combining this with his years of film production experience has made him a formidable presence on screen as well as on stage. For Killian, it’s all about performance, and he sees his experience on both sides of the camera as essential to what he does. "It makes me better at both. It has definitely been very helpful to be aware of what is necessary behind the camera in order to make it look good in front of the camera."

He’ll certainly be showing off that talent when he visits Calgary, though he was coy about his plans for the show. "I’m keeping it a surprise. It’s gonna be flirtatious and fun and erotic." No doubt. In light of major political movement on the LGBT front, I had to ask Killian whether he seeks out pride events specifically, or if they’re part of his performance circuit. "I definitely do a lot of pride events through summer, because that’s pride season, but I’ve always been an entertainer. So whether it’s pride or an event for whatever other reason, I know I’m there to entertain."

"I don’t generally get very political around any shows," he told me, "or even in the parades." Activist or not, however, a skilled performer will always feel the energy of the room. "I was actually in San Francisco when [DOMA and Proposition 8 were overturned], so that was pretty amazing. That made that pride weekend even more extraordinary. It was an amazing feeling in the air, because no one expected it to turn so quickly. People seem to be jumping on board. It feels like the scales have tipped, and they’re not going to go backwards at this point."

Though he has been to Canada many times before, "This will be my first time to Calgary – I’m excited." If Killian’s performances to date are any indication, there’s little doubt that he’ll arrive to a warm welcome.

You can catch Adam Killian’s show at Flames Central on August 31st, alongside Luciana and Alaska Thunderfuck.