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A large number of Russian dancers, including Bolshoi primas Obraztsova, Shipulina, Smirnova and Zakharova, favour Gaynor Minden pointe shoes, which boast a "completely modernized interior", made of "advanced flexible polymers...not the 19th century paste and cardboard construction found in most other brands" (such as the Freeds still used by most Royal principals), with unbreakable elastomeric boxes and shanks, Poron cushioning and a platform that supposedly offers "38% greater useable surface for enhanced stability". I'm not sure who is doing the "cheating" here. https://dancer.com/about-gaynor-minden/about-our-shoes/what-makes-them-better/

Most disappointing.