DISTRIBUTED BRANDS
Grishko
Coppelia is an official distributor of the important Russian firm, leader in the world of dance. With an agreement that has been signed since many years, Coppelia has contributed in a substantial way to introduce and to promote the Grishko products in our market. Besides the famous models Vaganova and Fouettè, Coppelia has introduced the new semi-professional point shoe "2007 Pro." It’s the first shoe of the line Grishko that leaves the typical lines of the Russian shoes, which notoriously are very tapered and with an high mask, to introduce the model "2007 Pro" that mostly remember the British-style shoes. Square box, a more comfortable plant and the introduction of the lace in cotton, usually absent in the Russian shoes. Also, a very efficient noise reduction system has been introduced.
Besides the quoted models, Coppelia proposes with availability on stock, also the models Maya 1 and the ballet shoes Spartacus, with split sole and full sole.
Gaynor Minden
Coppelia is proud to represent the most innovative firm for the production of pointe shoes. Gaynor Minden has completely revolutionized the way to interpret the realization of the pointe shoes.
Founded in 1993 by the ex dancer Eliza Gaynor in the artistic district of the Chelsea in Manhattan-New York, and from her husband John Minden, the pointe shoe GM derives from a research eight years long in which Eliza has dedicated her life to find and develop some innovative materials that could replace the pressed cardboard and the mix of glue and vegetable flour , until then used by all the producers to realize the traditional pointe shoes.
Practicing her own experience in the working side of the family firm and effecting a capillary search of the materials that could guarantee the necessary support to the dancers, Eliza has patented at an international level what until today is recognized as the greatest innovation in the world of the pointe shoes: the Gaynor Minden.
Realized with a structure in Poron 3000 of varying density, it is finished up with a precious satin shaped for every size of shoe, it is internally covered with a treated cotton layer and velvet with neoprene inserts to amortize the pressure in the zones of great effort and it is sideways equipped with an elastic lace: the pointe shoe Gaynor Minden represents the "state of the art" of the pointe shoes worldwide. The ballet dancers of the most important international companies as the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), the England's Royal Ballet and the Kirov Ballet , use since a long time Gaynor Minden as pointe shoe.
Several tests have been conducted for reaching the realization of this extraordinary product: tested on different surfaces and in different climatic situations, with dancers of different physical structures and weights, morphology of foot and technical level, the results have shown that the GM shoe guarantees a very ample range of use , and above all it has a duration 10 times stronger than the traditional shoes. The GM has even realized a robot to simulate 100.000 relevès: the GM shoes overcome this test without problems and the structure is not ruined at all.
Sansha
Sansha is mainly worldwide famous to have been the first firm to introduce the innovation of the splitsole in the ballet shoes.
Designed by the actual president, Frank Raoul Duval, this shoe has marked an important moment in the evolution of dance, and today it’s still a reference for the ballet shoes.Coppelia proposes the most professional model, realized with a crosswise seam, the PRO1C ( Silhouette). Besides Coppelia has always available on stock the pointe shoe Recital 202 and the Jazz boot , JB3 Soho.
Eva Martin
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The name Eva Martin is the most known among the all Europe dancers. The pointe shoes produced by Karl-Heinz Martin are the qualitative reference since a long time, compared the pointe shoes realized with the traditional method .
The focusing care of the details and the materials of high quality used, make the pointe shoe Eva Martin a shoe of a superior category in comparison to the competition. Its shape fits very well on the foot of the expert dancer, giving her a fantastic tool for her creative evolutions. The sole is proposed with a choice of hardness that goes from the intermediary to the extra hard. In effects, the sole "R" of the Eva Martin is the harder shoe on the market now, even more than the Grishko SH, that is already considered a shoe at the limit. This grant even to the dancers with a very strong foot to find the correct support.
The materials used are very fine: satin and leather come from Italy. Manufacture is taken care by professional makers, which have had during the years, the chance to prepare the shoes for the most famouse worlwide etoiles.
Bunheads
Bunheads is the firm that mostly shows that Coppelia knows how to interpret with success the role of firm leader in the field of the dance and that it constantly knows how to propose the best international news to offer the same opportunities of the European and American colleagues to the Italian dancers.
The Bunheads is an American firm born with the aim to create innovative accessories for the dance wich should have a great utility for the professional dancers and for the dance fans.
The range of products Bunheads includes toe pads in gel with fabric lining , silicon spacers to correct small imperfections of the feet and other accessories of great utility that should be always present in the outfit of a dancer.
Wear Moi
The collection of Wear Moi garments is composed of leotards and particularly refined warming-up articles, typically designed in a French style. They are realized in fact from the Wear Moi, firm of Tolone managed by the couple of ex ballet dancers of the "Les Ballet de Monte Carlo" Christophe Ridet and Elizabeth Miegge-Ridet.
Wear Moi has quickly cut out a remarkable part in the world panorama of the technical garments, thanks to its special look, to the soft used materials and the extreme care for the details, that are the true point of strength of the collections Wear Moi.
Gladis Dance
Gladis is a Spanish firm born in the heart of the Flamenco, the Sevillian Spain , that represents the best traditions of this winning discipline.
Gladis is infact the greatest Spanish producer of footwears for the flamenco. Its realizations are considered excellent for the relationship quality-price, and they excellently adapt to the demands both of the beginner and of the intermediate.
Coppelia proposes the two most popular models of the line Gladis : a model of leather with elastic (101) and one in suede with buckle (303) . Besides Coppelia has always available the man model, the flamenco boot mod. 1001.
Eurotard
From USA it’s imported by Coppelia the manufacturing firm of the first and inimitable toe pad in silicone: the Eurotard.
With an international patent, Eurotard has designed and realized what is the point of reference for the toe pad worlwide: “ The Comfort Pointe”.
Realized in a special mix of silicone gel, it is proposed in two different thicknesses, one normal for a great protection and one ultra-light, that allows to have a more sensibiles contact with the shoe but offers less protection.
Eurotard new style is the "Feather Light", with similar features to the Pointe Comfort but realized in a softer and thinner material.
Coppelia has introduced as the first, in Europe, the revolutionary conception of the silicone toe pad, thanks to the agreement of exclusive distribution of its products.
The Gifted Dancer
Coppelia since 10 years distributes in exclusive the gadgets for the dance of the inimitable English firm "The Gifted Dancer."
Born by the demand to keep up in an only one catalogue the hundred accessories that dancers need to perform at best, The Gifted Dancer is constantly grown introducing hundreds of articles of different kinds all referring to the world of the dance.
The catalogue includes more than thousand articles among the most different: from pens to the notebooks, from the purses to the mouse pad, to the umbrellas, to the accessories for the hair style, to the tiaras and much more. It’s really an incredibly complete catalogue of usefull and very winning accessories, not easy to find.
