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Hello and Welcome !
We, Solenne Bachelet and Maxime Combès, French Professional Adagio Pair Skaters, are pleased to welcome you to our website. We have already skated for famous companies such as Holiday On Ice, Le Lido , Dynamic Shows, and for well-known show directors such as Willy Bietak, Ian Jenkins, Francis Demarteau, Fernand Fedronic and Yves-Pierre Danton. We hope you will enjoy your visit to our website and hope to share our passion for this wonderful work : be Professional Adagio Pair Skaters.

In this website, you will find :

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The performers :
  • Solenne Bachelet, French, 1.59m, 49kg (5'3", 108lb)   Click here to see more details
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    Solenne was born May 2, 1984 near Paris (France) and began skating at Le Perreux’s club and then at the French Pole of Champigny sur Marne. She was coached by Annick Dumont (ex. Gailhaguet) and Pierre Trente and a very good team of international coaches.

    She began her career as soloist in competition before becoming a showgirl. Throughout her professional contract, Solenne is interested in Adagio Pair skating. Her meeting with Maxime in a show in Les Arcs 2000 (France) is decisive in her wish to perform now in this category.

    Passionately fond of ice skating for his skillful blend of sport and art, Solenne discovered in Adagio Pair skating the pleasure of sharing this passion on the ice and with the audience. Solenne is now Professional Adagio Pair Skater since 2009 and has already worked for well-known show directors as :

    • Ian Jenkins (Europa Park and Crystal Ice),
    • Francis Demarteau (Europa Park),
    • Yves-Pierre Danton (Lumières de Glace),
    • Lucie Stadelmann (Parc Astérix),
    • Franck Paquet and Marc Forno (Holiday on Ice).

    Her actual partner is Maxime Combès. You can see Solenne’s Professional Career with Maxime by clicking here.

    Professional Soloist Career :
    • 2009: Understudy Soloist Europa Park, Germany
    • 2009: Principal Soloist Lumières de Glace, France
    • 2008: Understudy soloist Europa Park, Germany
    • 2008: Principal Soloist Crystal Ice, France
    • 2007: Understudy Soloist Arabian Nights, Holiday on Ice

    Moreover Solenne performs in an aerial number mixing hoop, silk and skating. Solenne is graduate of Sport and Event Management from the University of Marne-la-Vallée (5 years in University).

    Amateur Career :
    • 10 years as a performer in shows for her club
    • Many improvisation and exhibition competitions
    • 2000 : 9th France Championship
    • 1999 : 2nd Ile de France Championship
    • 1999 : 10th France Championship
    • Many podiums in national competitions.
  • Combès Maxime, French, 1.86m, 85kg (6'2", 187lb)   Click here to see more details
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    Maxime was born in September 19, 1976 in Nice (France) and started skating in 1985. He skateed in Cannes and Nice and was coached by Mrs. Anny Hirsch (two times French Champion in pair skating with Jean Vivès).

    Maxime participated to the opening ceremony of the Albertville’s Olympic Games in 1992 (choreography from Philippe Decouflé) with the best French club skaters. He is now Professional Adagio Pair Skater since 2004 and has already worked for well-known show directors has :

    • Ian Jenkins (Europa Park),
    • Francis Demarteau (Europa Park),
    • Yves-Pierre Danton (Lumières de Glace),
    • Fernand Fedronic (Belgium),
    • Lucie Stadelmann (Parc Astérix).

    Hir actual partner is Solenne Bachelet. You can see Maxime’s Professional Career with Solenne by clicking here.

    Professional Career with Céline Agostini :
    • 2009: Principal Adagio Pair Lumières de Glace, France
    • 2008: Principal Adagio Pair Parc Astérix, France
    • 2008: Principal Adagio Pair Fedronic tour, Belgium
    • 2007: Principal Adagio Pair Parc Astérix, France

    Professional Career with Emilie Tallis :
    • 2006: Principal Adagio Pair Nice Art Show, France
    • Leader of the Children Tales Company in 2006
    • 2005: Principal Adagio Pair Nice Art Show, France
    • 2004 : Principal Pair in the La Garde shows (France) where he attracts attention from Yves-Pierre Danton, choreographer and show director.


    Amateur Career :
    8 years in ice ballet (Theater on Ice) in the 2000th, in the top French and international level :

    • 2 times French Elite vice-champion with Nice ballet team
    • French Espoir Champion with Nice ballet team
    • 4 times international champion, Barcelona (Spain), Paris (France), Nice (France) and Boston (USA)
    • Captain and team leader during 5 years.


Team Professional Career :

Professional off-ice training
  • August, September 2011: Special master class adagio with Laurence Fanon. http://www.fanonl.net/
  • January 2010: Special master class adagio with Laurence Fanon.
  • March 2009: Training with Ian Jenkins.

Here is how we started as a Professional Adagio Pair Team.

We met at a show in Les Arcs 2000 (France) in February 2009, directed by Yves-Pierre Danton (performer in Holiday on Ice, Le Lido, ...). For this show, Maxime was Principal Pair and Solenne was Principal Soloist.

Solenne learned the basics of the Adagio Pair Skating (Detroiter, Platzer, Neck Spin, One Ankle, Foot Lift, Sit Lift, Gainer, Upside Down lift) in January 2009 with Ian Jenkins (professional world champion, performer in Europa Park, Le Lido, ...).

We both wanted a career in ice shows and so decided to do a test that has proven to be success.

We have both got a contract in Europa Park and have decided to practice together to perform in the show as Understudy Adagio Pair Team. And we did it. The show director was Francis Demarteau (performer in Holiday on Ice, Le Lido, ... and famous choreographer). We did our number for the first time in the show in July and it was a success. Since then we keep practicing and improving our level to enlarge our repertoire.

We are passionately fond of our work and wish to perform as long as we can in shows. We are hard workers, motivated and love challenges. We are open to all proposals, whenever it is and wherever, so don’t hesitate to contact us.



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