Entertainment artist Arja Koriseva, who is turning sixty years old, went through quite a lot in the fall and surpassed herself in many ways. Now he speaks directly about the courage he found.
Entertainer Arja Koriseva59, has a wild autumn behind him.
He starred in three national TV shows, trained Dancing with the stars -program dances five days a week and toured the weekends on long gig trips.
No wonder I didn’t always fall asleep.
– I can say that this was such a full-body stress, Arja Koriseva tells Iltalehte.
– The dance was on my mind so much that even at night I woke up and thought about those choreographies. Sometimes I had to get up and pat them on the floor a bit.
Koriseva lived part of the week in Helsinki and took time for her projects.
– I prepared my family in advance for the future situation. I knew I was away from home a lot and this was draining my energy. When I know that everything is in order at home, I can fully concentrate on my work.
Dancing with the stars – program is not called Finland’s most demanding entertainment program for nothing, because dancing live in front of an audience of millions is not child’s play for anyone. In many seasons, hard-class entertainers have sweated while learning dances, and Koriseva was no exception.
– I hadn’t planned this autumn to be like this. I had been asked Dancing with the stars program so many times that I decided it was now or never. I think that my visibility has brought to people’s minds that I still do these jobs, he laughs.
The TV shows brought out different aspects of him to the general public. Fortunately, they were not filmed at the same time: Vole was already canned a year and a half ago and Masked Singer Finland from early summer. In the fall, Koriseva was allowed to focus completely only on the swirls of dance, and it went well: Koriseva became her dance teacher Valtteri Palin with fourth in the race.
Koriseva came fourth in TTK. Mikko Huisko
Transcending oneself
On November 26, when Koriseva drove her moving load again towards the home landscapes of Central Finland, her heart was grateful.
– It was summer when we started the dance rehearsals. We danced somewhere in little shorts there in the training camp when it was so hot. I was told that if I race to the end, there will be snow on the ground when this is over. I thought it wouldn’t really happen, but it did, Koriseva says.
– Looking back, I have the feeling that I missed a normal autumn.
However, he was replaced by something better: the experience of surpassing himself.
I dance in whirlwinds
When Arja Koriseva first put on her dancing shoes, they didn’t fit at all.
– I stood with those shoes on and my feet hurt so terribly. They have to be small at first, so that the leather stretches and molds to your own foot. In the beginning, it took a lot of blister patches and tape when the feet got blisters.
The dances made Koriseva’s body hard.
– In the beginning, my lower back and neck hurt because my body was not used to competitive dance positions. It was wonderful to notice that little by little I was more flexible and skilled when I repeated the movements every day. This was a really good workout, he declares.
– When practicing dances in a warm hall, you had to drink a lot of water, and it gave your metabolism a new boost.
For Arja Koriseva, the program “Tanssii tähtien kenne” became a fitness program without noticing. Mikko Huisko
Bold outfits
Koriseva dropped five kilos unnoticed. He enjoyed the changes in his body: his body became firmer and more toned during the fall. In the eddies of the dance, my own femininity woke up in a new way.
Arja Koriseva thought she would wear more covering clothes in the broadcasts, but TTK’s costume designer encouraged her to try performance outfits typical of competitive dancing. A wilder, sparkling performer emerged on the dance floor than before.
– The clothes just got smaller episode by episode. I even laughed at the fact that I couldn’t have been in the finals when there were so few fabrics in women’s clothing. They were so small that it was good that the young people were in the finals, he laughs.
Tolerating his own incompleteness was hard, because going directly to the broadcast, he knew that he hadn’t had time to learn the dances as well as he would have liked.
– TTK’s skill level has grown year by year, and that meant to me that I had to learn a lot of new things as well. Of course, there were moments of fatigue, but I’m used to the fact that my work is short bursts.
Dance taught the star body expression, instead Masked Singer Finland – during filming, he had to practice his voice. Performing in the Night and Day costume was challenging because Koriseva couldn’t really see anything inside the costume.
– I’m trying to change my singing voice so that I won’t be recognized. It was difficult to find such sound worlds for the songs, so that I wouldn’t be so recognizable. I also look for songs that are not close to my own repertoire.
Koriseva was encouraged in TTK episode by episode to dress more spectacularly. Mikko Huisko
A new phase of life
The past autumn can be praised as fast-paced, but Koriseva’s pace will not slow down even in the next half of the year.
He continues the Leipää, lempee, telmö tour and dedicates his time to making the album and writing new songs.
– I am leaving next year with great joy. I want to bring everything I’ve experienced into my new songs. One of my new songs Do it today boldly urges you to try something new and throw yourself in.
In April, Koriseva will turn 60 years of life.
– Time goes fast! Instead of thinking about how old I am, I think about how much more life I have left, he admits.
– I’m happy that I’m in good shape, and nothing limits me from living life to the fullest.
She says that she became aware of the limitations of life with her breast cancer.
– Then I thought that you really never know about tomorrow.
In the spring, Koriseva turns a year old. Mikko Huisko
Christmas at home
The singer spends Christmas with his family in Toivaka. She rests in familiar landscapes with her husband and three children. He does traditional Christmas concerts in moderation this year.
– I calm down and we build our own Christmas after a busy autumn. We celebrate Christmas at home and go skiing and skiing in Lapland. The celebration of Christmas starts already on the 15th, when we go with the whole family to get a fir tree from the forest, he reveals.
– Then we start thinking about what we would enjoy. Christmas porridge starts in the morning, and we listen to the declaration of Christmas peace, go to the Christmas church and prepare a Christmas meal. It is eaten according to a long pattern, and Christmas carols are sung. We play board games and you can eat at night too!
This year, Santa Claus will not come to Koriseva’s house.
– Our youngest just turned 18. Maybe it’s enough for the elf to leave the presents behind the door.
A big change in everyday life
Sixty-year-old Arja Koriseva will soon be facing a new phase of her life.
– We have lived the everyday life of a family with children for 29 years. Now my husband and I are in such a situation that almost the last one will fly away from the nest. Our everyday life has always been the same style – now there will be a big change, he says.
In the future, he plans to select his work more carefully and, if he wants to, also laze around with a clear conscience.
– I have been able to do my job very versatile and fully for 35 years, and I thank everyone for that. I want to give more and more time to adventures as well, and now I could finally take over the hobby of golf!
– It would be nice to finally take over the hobby of golf, reveals Arja Koriseva. Mikko Huisko
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