When he left the Grupo Accion ensemble in 1982, he reconnected with Philippe Gaulier, who had opened his own school with the actress Monika Pagneux [de].

Bazinet did further studies in theatrical movement with Pagneux and worked as a street performer in Paris, often in the plaza of the Pompidou Center.

[1] In a 1984 article on the Pompidou Center street performers for The Drama Review, Kris Palmquist described Bazinet's miming as marked by a strong "inwardness" and noted, René puts all his emphasis on the perfection of movement, precise and unusual body placement, and rhythmic timing.

In 1988 Bazinet and Shiner (who by then was based in Munich) produced and performed a two-man show there and then took it on tour through Germany for a year and later to the rest of Europe.

[7] Variety's critic Christopher Meeks wrote: The funniest act on opening night was when clown Rene Bazinet, performing mime with self-produced sound effects, ensnared a denim-dressed man from the audience to join him.

The man warmed to the clown's wordless mime lessons, and they enacted eating bananas, slipping on the peels, and, in inspired shenanigans, a shootout at high noon.