Romain Gazave is an international Coach and choreographer, former competitive figure skater and French pianist, born 11 December 1976 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice/Les Arcs.
Romain Gazave started figure skating and playing piano at the age of six in Megève. At the age of 12, he joined the CRESA in Annecy trained by Didier Monge, Christine Nicolas and Didier Lucine, alongside other skaters such as Vanessa Gusmeroli. After a season spent at the Amiens Patinage Club where he trained with Patrice Macrez, he became a French national team member in 1993. He then joined the INSEP, where he lived with the future two times medalist at the European championships Stanick Jeannette, trained at that time by Didier Gailhaguet, Annick Dumont and Pierre Trente. The following season, he joined the National Olympic Preparation Center of Colombes alongside Thierry Cérez and the future twice Olympic medalist Philippe Candeloro. He was trained there by André Brunet, then Philippe Pélissier, 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 of in ENMP 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:
Romain Gazave also presented many duo numbers and piano accompaniments for ice-skating champions, circus artists and famous singers. He also skated for TV Shows such as Dancing On Ice in Turkey 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, Brian Orser, Javier Fernandez, Nikolai Morozov, Kurt Browning, he did as well choreography for Shows, TV programs, Galas. Since 2012, 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 lead, in this camp, a strong team of coaches which includes Kurt Browning, Alissa Czisny, Marina Kudryavsteva, Anna Novichkina, Daniel Peinado, Ruslan Novoseltsev among many others.
