About the camp:

We are so lucky to announce that Alina Mayer-Virtanen, Valtter Virtanen and Adam Solya is coming to Tromsø to train in our figure skating camp over Easter, April 3rd – April 8th, More informastion about the programme will be announced soon.

Price: 350 Euros.

There will also be an adult group over the weekend, 4th and 5th of April. Price: 180 Euros.

Private or cheap accommodation might be arranged. Please contact ishavsbyenkk@gmail.com for registration or for more information.

For more information about Tromsø go to: https://www.visittromso.no/

About the trainers:

Alina Mayer-Virtanen is Bachelor of science in psychology. She was skating by herself for 24 years and represented Germany. The last few years of her skating career she skated at the international level in single skating. Alina is coaching single skating since 2013 in Oberstdorf, Germany and in Finland since 2017 as well. This year she will finish her Master degree in Psychology.

“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” – (Chantal Sutherland)

Valtter has participated in several European and World Championships in single skating. Valtter works part-time as a doctor for Keski-Suomen keskussairaalan and Seppälääkärit in Jyväskylä. But his main focus is still on figure skating. His big goal is to skate the Olympics 2022. Valtter speaks finnish, english, german and swedish.

Adam Solya is an international and Olympic Choreographer in Figure Skating. Adam as a professional dancer – actor, he is known about the remarkable way of using the classical ballet, modern dance and contemporary upper body movements in his choreographies. His acting experience adds a dramatic aspect to the interpretation of music and skating style of the skater. He was working in past 2 season with the studends of Professor Alexei Mishin, like Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Sofia Samodurova, Evgenyi Semenenko, Alexander Petrov. His current students include Loena Hendrickx (BEL), Valtter Virtanen (FIN), Nikita Starostin (GER), Ann Christin Marold (GER), Kai Jagoda (GER), Paul Fentz (GER). Since 2010 he works as docent and house choreographer of the Royal Conservatorium Brussels.

Photo: Janne Passi