Dance Surfaces

Whenever possible, dance on sprung wood floors (see the video below). They absorb shock, which reduces impact on the knees, hips, and spine, and helps prevent both overuse and acute injuries. Their controlled elasticity returns energy, supporting jumps, rebounds, spins, and traveling movements. Finished wood offers smooth consistent, predictable traction for glides, pivots, lifts, and spins. Overall, sprung floors reduce fatigue and improve safety.

Avoid hard, non-yielding surfaces—concrete, marble, or wood laid directly over concrete. These significantly increase stress on joints and muscles and raise injury risk. Falls on these surfaces are far more damaging than the same fall on a sprung floor.

Never spin on carpet with fresh suede or rubber-soled shoes. Doing so greatly increases the risk of foot, ankle, and knee injuries.