R-Class was founded in 1991 as a small elite studio crafting professional ballet footwear for soloists of leading Russian theatres.
From the very beginning, the company has progressed, incorporating style, developing its original models of pointe shoes and ballet slippers to generate a unique identity. The whole professional experience inspires the creation of unique models of ballet shoes and high-quality, handcrafted production.
The company has a professional reputation because all the workers brought great practical experience from their time in the Industrial workshops of the BOLSHOI THEATRE. Now, most of the academic theatres in Russia use shoes with the “R-class” brand.
Over several years, the studio has become a factory producing professional, premium-quality ballet footwear and successfully competing with leading manufacturers of ballet products.
R-Class delivers the dance shoes to most of the Russian academic theatres and abroad.
1991 – company foundation. Creation of the Classic collection based on Bolshoi Theatre pointe shoe models.
1993 - first delivery of R-Class products to Japan.
1998 - R-Class regional office was opened in the USA.
All products for the US market are produced under "Russian Pointe" TM. Till 2023, the products for the US market were produced under the “Russian Pointe” TM.
2005 - The creation of the Jewels collection.
2005 - R-Class regional office is opened in Europe. European branch and warehouse located in Bulgaria www.r-class.bg; www.bgballet.com;
2007 - The creation of the Spotlight collection.
2018 - The creation of the RC collection.
In 2018 R-Class company made the manufacturing modernisation.
All the model names have been shortened to the special letter codes.
All the previous names since 2019 are used only for pointe shoes of the Russian Pointe brand and belong to the eponymous company, which is an R-Class Company's partner and representative in the USA.
2023 - The R-Class distribution office was opened in the USA.
The official R-Class website in the USA is www.r-class.us
2024 - Model Rubin moved from collection JW to RC3.
The model changes its names as follows:
R-Class Company have some changes in JW-Rubin. The model moves to the RC Collection.
The factory implemented several technological innovations, and we replaced our old collections with the upgraded new collections gathered under the RC name.
According to the rebranding, all the JWR line is now included in the RC3 line. So instead of First Pointes, JWR pointes, you will get the shoes under the following names – RC31, RC36, RC34, RC37, etc. These models repeat the best qualities of the old JWR collections but also represent several important technological innovations and improvements carefully tested together with the big focus group of professional dancers. We are sure that the dancers will like these upgraded pointe shoes.
The models change as follows:
Old Rubin RD to RC34 without microfiber toe
Old Rubin RDL to RC37 with microfiber toe.
Old First pointe FRDL to RC31L with microfiber toe hardness SS
Old First pointe FRD to RC31 without microfiber toe, hardness SS
Old Rubin 3/4 RDL 3/4 to RC36 ¾ shank only H available with or without microfiber toe.
The sizes will be in the Russian metric system.
Until we have stock of the old models, they will be offered as FRDL, FRD, RD and RDL.
After that, the model will be available in the new collections.
The shoes' hardness will be S, M, and H. Hard will retain FH but will only be spelt H.
Collection and name table:
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Collection |
Russian Pointe names
(old R-Class name till 2019) |
R-Class names
(new R-Class since 2024) |
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Jewels Collection |
Almaz |
JW-AL |
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First Rubin FRD First Rubin FRDL Rubin RDL Rubin RD Rubin 3/4 RDL 3/4 |
RC 31 RC 31L RC 37 RC 34 RC 36 |
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Sapfir |
JW-S |
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Spotlight Collection |
Brava |
SL-BR |
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Encore |
SL-EE |
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Lumina |
SL-L |
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SPORT LINE LTD
Bulgaria, Sofia 1510, 63 Macgahan str.
Telephone: +359 2 9451505
Mobile: +359 898 682 981
Fax: +359 2 9451506
E-mail: sales@r-class.bg
