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To ensure that all dancers have enough shoes, the company orders about 8,500 pairs every year.
Each Season our Royal Ballet dancers use about 12,000 pairs of shoes. Combined with the character shoes, elastic, ribbons and detailing relevant to each production, the total cost for footwear is over £250,000 a year.
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