Romain Gazave is an international Coach and choreographer, former competitive figure skater and French

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, born 11 December 1976 in

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/ Les Arcs (French Alps).

Figure skating competitive career

Member of the French national team and notable alumni from

INSEP INSEP, the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance), is a French training institute and center for excellence in sports that trains elite athletes. It is located on th ...

, Romain was listed SHN (High level sportsman) of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1994 and 1995. He became silver medallist at the France national junior championships in 1994 and has participated in numerous international competitions, winning the bronze medal at the

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia (sometimes titled Grand Prize SNP or Skate Slovakia) is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP serie ...

in 1994.

Childhood and sporting career

Romain Gazave started figure skating and playing piano at the age of six in

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. At the age of 12, he joined the CRESA (Regional Center for Sports and Artistic Studies) in Annecy (1988-1992) trained by Didier Monge, Christine Nicolas and Didier Lucine, alongside other skaters such as

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. After a season spent at the Amiens Patinage Club (1992-1993) where he trained with Patrice Macrez, he became a French national team member in 1993. He then joined the

(1993-1994), where he lived with the future two times medalist at the European championships Stanick Jeannette, trained at that time by

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, Annick Dumont and Pierre Trente. The following season, he joined the National Olympic Preparation Center of Colombes (1994-1996) alongside Thierry Cérez and the future twice Olympic medalist Philippe Candeloro. He was trained there by André Brunet, then

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, and also worked daily with the Russian choreographer Natasha Volkova-Dabbadie. Following a serious injury contracted in 1994 but empirical, and therefore at high risk of losing his right foot, he underwent a heavy surgery in 1995 followed by 3 weeks of hospitalization so that he could learn to walk again. 8 months of rehabilitation was then necessary for him to later on be able to skate again. Ending his competitive career, Romain decided to study piano in a professional way. He entered the class o
Marian Rybicki
in ENMP ( Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris) and became a private student of Jean Fassina for 4 years.

Professional career

His interest in entertainment and shows motivated him to begin a professional career in which he decided to combine his two passions: ice skating and piano in the same act, being the only person to do so. From then, he performed around the world in big show productions such as: * IMG '' Stars On Ice'' in 2006 beside

Brian Orser Brian Ernest Orser, (born 18 December 1961) is a Canadian former competitive and professional figure skater and coach to Olympic champions. He is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medallist, 1987 World champion and eight-time (1981–88) C ...

Tatiana Totmianina Tatiana Ivanovna Totmianina (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Тотьмянина; born 2 November 1981) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Maxim Marinin, she is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, ...

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Tatiana Navka Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka (russian: Татьяна Александровна Навка; born 13 April 1975) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer and wife of Dmitry Peskov. With her dance partner Roman Kostomarov, she is the 2006 Olymp ...

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. *
Art On Ice
' in 2008 beside Kurt Browning,

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, Sarah Meier, Aliona Savchenko &

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Anatoly Zalievsky
Kim Wilde,

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, Gardar Thor Cortes. * ''

Champions on Ice Champions on Ice was a touring ice show in the United States. The show featured a large cast of both professional and Olympic-eligible figure skaters along with novelty acts such as skating acrobats. The shows were focused primarily on solo per ...

'' in 2009 beside Surya Bonaly,

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, Yuliya Obertas & Sergei Slavnov. *''Mama and Mia on Ice, Malaga, 2009'' Romain Gazave also presented many duo numbers and piano accompaniments for ice-skating champions, circus artists (from

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) and famous singers. He also skated for TV Shows such as Dancing On Ice in

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(2006) and in the English Show " Hot Ice" in Blackpool from 2004 to 2008. He worked at times for certain companies as an artistic director and casting advisor. In June 2010, he decided to realize one of his old dream by entirely producing and releasing his first CD Album, "Personal Thoughts". In 2011, Romain Gazave has been co-manager of the 1st ever ice-rink located on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris for Crystal Group.

Coaching and Choreography career

Since 2010 Romain Gazave is working as a Guest Coach & Choreographer for many different Clubs and Federations around the world. He choreographed many ISU International Medallist and numerous National Champions from Sweden, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Australia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungaria, Finland and other countries; coached in numerous International Camps, Master-Class, for Federations and Seminars around the world alongside Viktor Kudriavtsev,

, Javier Fernandez, Nikolai Morozov, Kurt Browning, he did as well choreography for Shows, TV programs, Galas. Since 2012
Romain Gazave
also direct international figure skating camps, he is the Founder, Director & Head coach of “Ice2impulse” International Camp, taking place every single year during summer in Andorra since 2016. He led, in this camp, a strong team of coaches which includes Kurt Browning,

Alissa Czisny Alissa Czisny (born June 25, 1987) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Skate Canada champion (2005, 2010), the 2011 Skate America champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion ( ...

, Marina Kudryavsteva, Anna Novichkina, Daniel Peinado, Ruslan Novoseltsev among many others.

Professional shows and TV specials

* WILDROSE (as performer in “Russian Ice Stars” U.K 2010-2013 / as Agent of the company 2013-2017) * GT MALL PLAZA & Ice Ace Productions in China (Choreographer & Show Director 2014-2015) * M6 TV CHANNEL (Prime time Live Program) “

Ice Show An ice show is an entertainment production which is primarily performed by ice skaters. Such shows may primarily be skating exhibitions, or may be musical and/or dramatic in nature, using skating as a medium in order to accompany a musical work ...

” (Choreographer) 2013, 2014

Main coaching achievements

* Guest Coach & Choreographer in Russia & Sweden with Viktor Kudriavtsev (2015-2019) * Guest Coach/Choreographer for Austrian National Team “Skate Austria” Workshop (2018-2019) * Guest Technical Coach & Choreographer at SC “Orlenok” Club, Perm, RUSSIA (2019) * Choreography of 2 times World champion Miki Ando's Exhibition Program “Mickael Jackson Medley” for “Friends on Ice” Show, Japan (2017) * Team Leader/Coach at ISU European Championship, Ostrava (2017) * Coach at “ Volkov Memorial” Young Talent Competition, Moscow (2016) * Coach at ISU Junior Grand-Prix, Courchevel (2015) * Guest Coach/Choreographer for International Summer Skating Camp with Javier Fernandez and

in Invernia, Spain (2015) * Musical Research & Edit for FS Competition & Exhibition Program of

Florent Amodio Florent Amodio (born 12 May 1990) is a French figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 2011 European champion, a four-time French national champion (2010, 2013-2015), and the 2008 JGP Final champion. He has represented France at t ...

“Silver at the European Championship” (Season 2012-2013)

Choreography of National Champions and/or ISU International medalist

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* Andreas Nordebäck * Anna Kuzmenko * Stefanie Pesendorfer * Nicky Obreykov * Maxence Collet * Landry Le May *

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* Michael Neuman * Andras Csernoch * Marianne Stalen * Colette Kaminski * Naomie Mugnier

References

External links

Absolute Skating Article
(Archive)
''Stars On Ice'' (Official Website) Presentation

''Dancing On Ice'' TV Show

(Art On Ice VIP After Party)
Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot

Circopedia - The Free Encyclopedia of the International Circus
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gazave, Romain 1976 births French male single skaters École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni 21st-century French male pianists Living people People from Bourg-Saint-Maurice Sportspeople from Savoie