Questions, answered.

Main Track is for experienced intermediate and advanced dancers building deeper fundamentals and cleaner execution. Master Track is for professionals, teachers and highly experienced dancers working at a faster pace on more advanced material. They are two serious rooms, not a beginner room and an expert room — pick the one that will challenge you without overwhelming you. If you are unsure, contact us before booking.

Track changes are handled case by case before the event and depend on availability in the track you want to move to. Contact us as early as possible.

No. You register as an individual in your role, and you rotate through the room during partnerwork. Registration details for leader and follower balance are confirmed closer to the opening of sales.

Each track takes 50 dancers, and tracks and roles sell separately — Main can still have space when Master is full, or leads when follows are gone. Once a track or role is full it is closed; we open a waitlist and contact people in order as places free up, but a place is never guaranteed.

No. Passes are non-refundable, so please be sure of your dates before you book. If your plans change, write to us and we will tell you what is possible.

No. The Mamboland ESM congress is included with the Full Experience Pass only, and that includes its workshops, not just the socials. The Mambo Experience Pass covers the Monday–Thursday training. Mamboland ESM is a separate congress and brand.

Come early if you can. Training starts Monday July 26 at 11am, but the weekend before it is when a lot of the city's socials and one-off events happen — flying in on Friday July 23 or Saturday July 24 buys you two or three extra nights of dancing before the week even begins. At the other end, the Mamboland ESM congress runs through Sunday, so book your flight home for the Monday at the earliest. The honest answer: get as many days in New York as your time and budget allow.

The week runs across two venues, both confirmed. Monday to Thursday, training is at Empire Dance Studio in midtown Manhattan. Friday to Sunday, the Mamboland ESM congress is at the New York Marriott Marquis on Broadway in Times Square.

No. The Mambo Experience Pass covers Monday to Thursday. The Full Experience Pass runs through Sunday. Most travelling attendees stay for the full week because the two halves are designed to connect.

A four-day mambo intensive in New York City — mambo being the New York style of salsa danced On2. Monday to Thursday you train inside one educational program with the same teachers and a track chosen for your level. It is not a congress and not a collection of unrelated workshops.

Thursday is the seminar day. Rather than another studio session it goes deep on mambo history and musicality — where this dance came from, how the music is built, and how to hear it. It is a training day, and the Mamboland ESM pre-party runs that evening. Times are confirmed closer to the event.

Mambo Experience runs 11am to 2:30pm Monday to Wednesday, then Thursday's history and musicality seminar — over twelve hours across the four days. The Mamboland ESM congress then runs workshops from 10am to 5pm, Friday to Sunday, so a Full Experience Pass is seven days on the floor in all. Thursday's seminar window is confirmed closer to the event.