User:LaurenHeist/Russian Pointe

Russian Pointe, Inc., is a brand of ballet pointe shoes. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois, and its shoes are handcrafted by cobblers in Moscow, Russia. Aleksandra Efimova founded the company in 1998 while she was a university junior in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Russian Pointe's pointe shoes come with a pre-arched construction that matches the shape of the foot on pointe and reduces the amount of break-in time for a shoe, which helps extend the life of the shoe.

The company also has a flagship store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile that sells pointe shoes, ballet shoes and dancewear.