The #SAMOKHINBAND Ice Dance workshop was founded in 2009 by Denis Samokhin and Maria Borovikova. Currently, our team consists of nine choreographers and coaches, with branches in Moscow and St. Petersburg
During its time, the team has trained 24 members of the national teams of Russia, Georgia, Turkey, and Belarus. Participants, winners, and prize-winners of international competitions, Grand Prix stages and finals, European and World Championships, and the Olympic Games
From 2017 to 2019, we trained the silver medalists of the 2019 World Junior Championships, the bronze medalists of the 2018 Grand Prix Final, and the winners and medalists of the 2018-2019 Grand Prix series
From 2017 to 2022, we collaborated with athletes from the Georgian national team
From 2023 to the present, we have been collaborating with athletes from the Chinese national team
From 2020 to 2023, we have been coaching the 2023 Russian Champions, the bronze medalists of the 2022 Russian Championships, and the winners and medalists of the 2021 Challenger Series
Technical specialist, coach, choreographer
Samokhin Denis (President)
Nikonov Nikolay
Choreographer
Ballet choreographer
Pravotorkhov German
Borovikova Maria (CEO)
Coach, choreographer
Coach
Katashinskaya Ekaterina
Gym specialist
Medvedev Vladimir
Gruzdeva Karina
Modern dance choreographer
Coach
Nikita Nazarov
Our Specialists
Nuraliev Maxim
Coach
Professionals in their field work every day to achieve the best results!
Gruzdeva Karina
"Todes" ballet dancer
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Katashinskaya Ekaterina
Russian Championship amog girls and boys winner
ISU Grand Prix prize winner
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Medvedev Vladimir
Master of Sports in Artistic Gymnastics
Candidate Master of Sports in Weightlifting
Winner and medalist of international competitions in artistic gymnastics, weightlifting, and functional multi-event competitions
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Samokhin Denis
ISU technical specialist
Highest category coach of Russian national team
Moderator of ISU Ice Dance seminar
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Borovikova Maria
All-Russian category judge
Highest category coach of Russian national team
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Nikonov Nikolay
Finalist in the Eastern European Open Ballroom Dancing Championship
Quarterfinalist in the Moscow Latin American Dance Championship
Finalist, prize winner, and winner of the Southern Federal District Sports Ballroom Dancing Championships.
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German Pravotorkhov
Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre and world ballet companies
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Nuraliev Maxim
Grand Prix of Russia participant
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Назаров Никита Геннадьевич
Junior World Championship vice-champion
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Our achievments
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Winter Olympics, Beijing 2022
Maria Kazakova, Georgy Reviya
Junior Grand Prix Final, Torino 2019
Maria Kazakova, Georgy Reviyaя 1st place
Junior World Championship, Zagreb 2019
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, Nikita Nazarov 2nd place
Junior World Championship, Tallinn 2020 г.
Maria Kazakova, Georgy Reviya 2nd place
Junior Grand Prix Final, Vancouver 2018
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, Nikita Nazarov 3rd place
ISU Rostelecom Cup, Sochi 2021
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, Egor Bazin 8th place
Russian Championship, Krasnoyarsk 2023
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, Egor Bazin 1st place
Russian Championship, Saint Petersburg 2022
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, Egor Bazin 3rd place
Russian Championship, Chelyainsk 2024
Irina Khavronina, Devid Narizhy 3rd place
Russian Championship, Omsk 2025
Irina Khavronina, Devid Narizhy 3rd place
Spartakiade of the Strongest, Magnitogorsk 2024
Irina Khavronina, Devid Narizhy 3rd place
Junior Russian Championship, Saransk 2025
Elizaveta Maleina, Matvey Samokhin 2nd place
Junior Russian Championship, Saransk 2024
Anna Kolomenskaya, Artem Frolov 2nd place
Junior Russian Championship, Perm 2019
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, Nikita Nazarov 3rd place
Russian Championship amog girls and boys, Saransk 2023
Elizaveta Maleina, Matvey Samokhin 1st place
Russian Championship amog girls and boys, Sochi 2019
Ekaterina Katashinskaya, Alexanadr Vaskovich 1st place
Practices conditions
Ice
25 hours a week
Gym
5 hours a week
Acrobatics
1 hour a week
Modern dance
4 hour a week
Jazz-Modern
2 hour a week
Ballet
2 hours a week
National dance
2 hours a week
Ballroom dancing
2 hours a week
Latest news
Addresses
Balashikha, Parkovaya st., 2
Saint Petersburg, Marshala Novikova st., 14
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E-mail: samokhin2011@gmail.com
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