Last night shoedish went salsa dancing. Well, what actually happened was that shoedish went to salsa club and watched people salsa dancing, but that’s neither here nor their. The point is that we’ve now decided that salsa dancing in the next thing on our list of things we must do. It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen!! But, you know what salsa dancing classes really means for shoedish, don’t you? New shoes! We couldn’t very well go to a salsa dancing class without really sexy footwear, right? So, what is salsa dancing footwear? Something a little like this? Come salsa with shoedish while we find out.

The direct origins of salsa dancing are vague or rather “undefined” but at its base it is a fusion of Latin American, North American, and Caribbean dance styles. It originated in Cuba through a mixture of Mambo, Danzón, Guaguancó, Cuban Son, and others and also has a strong Afro-Caribbean influence. It’s spicy, sensual, flirty, and sexy…just like salsa (the dip).

Here is a typical ladies salsa dancing shoe. Very pretty, very sexy, very glittery! These are from an actual dancewear site, Exotic Salsa Shoes, so they have all the bells and whistles for all you salsa dancing aficionados out there.

…but shoedish doesn’t need a “real” salsa shoe. We just need something really cute - makes us look like we might know what we’re doing - that we’d wear to go salsa dancing and everything else we do as well. We’re thinking these fit the bill. Maybe it’s stereotypical and cliche, but red screams SALSA to us. These strappy sandals are from Stuart Weitzman and look like they could keep your feet buckled in as you float about the dance floor. You’ll have to be come a professional dancer to afford them, though, at $299 someone has to “foot” the bill.

And these sexy stilettos from Jimmy Choo would look extra hot once we learn that uber cool dip move. We wouldn’t imagine that these are traditional salsa shoes, but with a heel like that, we think they qualify. You’d just have to get those feet in the air to show off that heel. Ole!