01
Technique
Body mechanics and the movement quality underneath every step.
The Program
Train with intention.
Over twelve hours of training across four days — a mambo intensive taught by one team inside one curriculum, not a timetable of workshops you assemble yourself.
- Training days
- 4
- Mon–Wed
- 11am – 2:30pm
- Total
- 12+ hours
- Tracks
- 2
How a day works
One curriculum.
Built across the week.
Training runs 11am – 2:30pm, Monday through Wednesday, followed by our History & Musicality Seminar on Thursday.
This isn't a schedule of disconnected workshops. What begins on Monday develops throughout the week — with each session building on the concepts, movement and understanding from the day before.
Built in blocks
Each training day is divided into two or three focused blocks depending on what the curriculum needs. Rather than rushing to finish a topic in one hour, we give concepts the time they need to develop.
Everything connects
Technique, partnerwork and musicality aren't treated as separate subjects on separate days. We work with them together — because that's how you actually use them when you dance.
One teaching team
The teachers work within one shared curriculum. Different perspectives and specialties are brought into the same learning process instead of becoming isolated workshops.
Space to go deeper
Questions, discussion, guest teachers and additional context have room inside the program. Not everything valuable fits neatly into a one-hour class.
The 2027 program and schedule are subject to change. We reserve the right to make adjustments where they serve the training.
What you train
Build the dancer.
Not just the combination.
Eight areas of work, returned to across the four days rather than covered once and dropped.
02
Partnerwork
Connection, lead and follow, and the dynamics between two dancers.
03
Footwork
Vocabulary, control and the expression you build on top of it.
04
Musicality
Timing, clave, phrasing and improvising with the orchestra.
05
Turns & Rotations
Mechanics, control and clean execution under speed.
06
Mambo Language
The classic vocabulary and the accent that makes it New York.
07
History & Culture
Where the dance came from, and why the city still shapes it.
08
Personal Feedback
What specifically will move your dancing forward from here.
Personal feedback
Someone is watching
you specifically.
Groups are kept small enough that teachers can see individuals, not a room. You leave knowing the one or two things that will actually move your dancing — not a folder of notes you never open.
Music, history and culture
Learn the music,
not just the counts.
Live percussion in the room, the structure of a mambo arrangement, and where this dance came from. Dancers who understand the music stop waiting for the beat and start answering it.
The week in depth
Seven days.
Days for training, nights for the city.
Training Monday to Thursday, closing with the history and musicality seminar, then three days of congress workshops. Evenings are the city's own — nights out, live music and the congress parties.
- Mon26
Mambo Experience
Day 1
11am – 2:30pm
The week opens. Tracks meet, foundations and shared concepts are set.
Empire Dance Studio
Evening
Latin Mondays social
From 7pm
5th & Mad
- Tue27
Mambo Experience
Day 2
11am – 2:30pm
Concepts from day one carry forward and deepen.
Empire Dance Studio
Evening
Free outdoor events
Time to be confirmed
Pier 76
- Wed28
Mambo Experience
Day 3
11am – 2:30pm
Partnerwork and personal feedback, building on the first two days.
Empire Dance Studio
Evening
Mamboland ESM pre-party
Time to be confirmed
Copacabana
- Thu29
Mambo Experience
Day 4
Time to be confirmed
Seminar day. Mambo history and musicality, taught in depth.
Empire Dance Studio
Evening
Mamboland ESM pre-party
Time to be confirmed
Empire Dance Studio
- Fri30
Mamboland ESM
Congress
10am – 5pm
The congress opens with a full day of workshops.
Marriott Marquis
Evening
Social
Time to be confirmed
Marriott Marquis
- Sat31
Mamboland ESM
Congress
10am – 5pm
A second full day on the workshop floor.
Marriott Marquis
Evening
Social
Time to be confirmed
Marriott Marquis
- Sun01
Mamboland ESM
Congress
10am – 5pm
Closing workshops before the city sends you home.
Marriott Marquis
Evening
Social
Time to be confirmed
Marriott Marquis
Evening events listed here are run by the city and by Mamboland ESM, not by Mambo Experience — entry is not included with your pass unless stated. Remaining times are confirmed closer to the event.
Choose your track
Choose the room that will
challenge you, not drown you.
Two serious training environments running in parallel. Master is not the better room — it is the faster, denser one. Picking the wrong track is the quickest way to waste your week.
Main Track
Intermediate – Advanced
50 spots only
Serious intermediate and advanced dancers ready to deepen their fundamentals and build stronger, cleaner execution.
You should be comfortable with
- Comfortable with basics and body-movement mechanics
- Can execute double and triple turns
- Knows the mambo footwork and partnerwork syllabus
- Basic understanding of mambo music structure
Not this room ifyou are still finding the basic step, or this is your first year of mambo. The room will move faster than is useful to you.
Master Track
Pro / Semi-pro
50 spots only
Highly experienced dancers, teachers and professionals ready for faster pacing and more advanced concepts.
You should be comfortable with
- Precise command of basics and body mechanics
- Understands music structure, clave, percussion and timing
- Can execute triple and quadruple turns
- Fluent in steps, patterns and their variations
Not this room ifyou are not already teaching, performing or dancing at a professional standard — Main Track will give you more. Master moves fast and does not stop to rebuild fundamentals.
Each track takes 50 dancers. Tracks and roles fill at different rates, and when one is full it is closed — book the room you want rather than waiting to decide.
| Main Track | Master Track | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical dancer | Experienced social dancer | Teacher, performer or professional |
| Years dancing mambo | Three to four years, minimum | Eight years or more |
| Stated level | Intermediate – Advanced | Pro / Semi-pro |
| Body mechanics | Comfortable with basics and body movement | Precise command, under speed |
| Turns | Double and triple | Triple and quadruple |
| Footwork and partnerwork | Knows the mambo syllabus | Fluent in steps, patterns and variations |
| Musical understanding | Basic grasp of mambo song structure | Clave, percussion and timing |
| Class pace | Progressive | Fast |
| Focus | Depth and development | Refinement and complexity |
Still unsure? Ask us before you book — we would rather place you right than fill a room.
Passes
Ready to pick
your week?
The training on its own, or the whole week including the Mamboland ESM congress.
The Training
Mambo Experience Pass
Four focused days: three in the training room, then the history and musicality seminar.
$299Exclusive Early Bird
- 12+ hours of training, Monday–Thursday
- Your choice of Main or Master Track
- Personal feedback from the teachers
- Thursday's history and musicality seminar
- 50% off evening classes at Empire Dance Studio, all week
- Attendee updates and benefits
On sale September 28
Mambo Experience + Mamboland ESM
The Complete WeekFull Experience Pass
Everything in the training pass, plus three days of Mamboland ESM Congress.
$499Exclusive Early Bird
- 12+ hours of training, Monday–Thursday
- Your choice of Main or Master Track
- Personal feedback from the teachers
- Thursday's history and musicality seminar
- 50% off evening classes at Empire Dance Studio, all week
- Attendee updates and benefits
- Friday–Sunday Mamboland ESM congress: workshops, live music and socials
On sale September 28
Only 20 passes are released at the Exclusive Early Bird price, across both pass types. When they are gone, the next price applies.