Next weekend, from 16th to 18th of December, Hakametsä I in Tampere will host Finnish Nationals Championships, which scores are gonna be valid for next Worlds in Helsinki: a chance for Kiira to come home, waiting for her next date in Madrid, Spain – Palacio Vistalegre on 29th of this month, at the event called “RevolutiOn Ice“, with World Champion Javier Fernandez and athletes like Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte, Miki Ando, Evgenia Medvedeva, Duhamel & Radford and so on. Choreographed by David Wilson, the show will be a mix of music and skating, presented by David Moreno.

For the second time, Kiira’s been host of a fundraising event organized by Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation: after a show in Cleveland, Ohio, last weekend she performed at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, homeland of the creator of this Charity Foundation.

Other important skaters taking part on this show, were Meryl Davis & Charlie White, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Brian Boitano, Jeffrey Buttle, Javier Fernández, Jeremy Abbott, Alissa Czisny, Ryan Bradley, Steven Cousins and Sinead Kerr & John Kerr.

Following, an interesting interview released by Kiira to Icenetwork portal.

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/11/10/208385730

As shown below by Kiira herself, on 28th and 29th of October, there will be a show at Ice Theatre of New York, with the presence of Kiira and other American skaters.

(Well, hoping tickets will be cheaper than her last appearance in Verona, Italy)…

Next October 7-8th, the Arena of Verona will be theatre of the show “An amazing day”, third edition of “Intimissimi on Ice”, an event where fashion, skating and music meet.

Set between reality and dream,this show tells about an amazing journey of 24 hours of two main characters, Bel and Hero; a dance who will carry us from daybreak until a romantic sunset, an exciting day within old walls of Verona.
After an invitation to a mysterious costume ball by an eccentric and magical character, Bel and Hero will face many surprises through fantastic and enchanted worlds. Paintful people will bring them along their journey, separating and gathering at the end of last act: a romantic dancefloor and a starry sky will be the perfect background for a surprising final.
Kiira will perform as Bel, while Stephane Lambiel will be Hero, as in previous editions.
Furthermore, there will be Evgeni Plushenko and Carolina Kostner, which will be reserved an important role in the show.
Costumes of this year will be curated by italian designer Milena Canonero, four Oscar Awards to Better Costumes for movies like “Barry Lindon” by Stanley Kubrick and “Maria Antonietta” by Sofia Coppola; Stufish Entertainment Architects will take care about stage and set design, they already worked in opening and closing Olympic Ceremonies of Beijing 2008 and Asian Games 2010, and managed Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna, Lady Gaga and Queen concerts.
Kim Gavin is the new director: Take That concerts among his past jobs. Choreography by Nathan Clarke, music by John Metcalfe.
Special guest will be Andrea Bocelli, world famous italian tenor.

Many wishes from all of us!

Hyvää Syntymäpäivää!

Last weekend, Kiira took part in a show on ice in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with many ice stars like, above all, Evgeni Plushenko, and with the presence of Isadora Williams, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Yuka Sato, Alexandra Schauman, Brian Boitano and others.
Below, some pictures from this event:

Next Worlds of Figure Skating 2017 will take part in Helsinki, from March 29th to April 2nd; this competition is qualifying for the Olympic Games 2018.
Moreover, next year Finland is going to celebrate its 100 years of Independence.

From 14/5 to 16/6, Kiira will be involved in a Musical show in Helsinki, called “Soitellen soteen 2016”: it’s a traditional spring event, with one hour and half of music, songs and dance, at Uusi Iloinen Theatre in Linnanmaki.

Finnish media “Nelonen” sponsored a TV series called “Supertähdet” (“Superstars”), in which six former finnish stars of various sports are gathered in a luxury villa in Indian Wells, Southern California, hosted by Teemu Selanne, former hockey player of National Team. In addition to Kiira (Figure Skating), other finnish celebrities are Mika Häkkinen (Car racing), Jarkko Nieminen (Tennis), Marcus Grönholm (Rally) and Kalle Palander (Skiing); in this sort of reality, all of them interview each other about past life as athletes, talking about their own injuries, future projects and so on, in the wonderful frame of a house belonged to Roger Federer, Justin Timberlake and Sylvester Stallone.
Shoots can be seen on finnish screens next April.