The ideal shoe to dance salsa in is a slippery shoe, so as to release any stress one could possibly exercise on the knees.

Due to the wooden spring-loaded floor in our studio, we however have to request that no-one dance with shoes of which the heel is small.  Even though a classic woman's shoe would look as such, the heels will unfortunately damage the floor during turns.  So please ensure that the heel of your shoe is of adequate size.

Woman's shoe: Adequate Sized Heel:


Woman's shoe: classic shoe, but the heel too small for our dance floor: