Join us for a day of workshops with Betto Herrera!
Saturday, February 7, 2026
***Workshops can be purchased a la carte (prices below) or as a full pass ($70 - savings of $15) is available for all workshops.***
Workshop: Movement and Control (1 hour)
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
Cost: $25
This class will use drills to help dancers enhance control of their dance motor skills. Dancers will learn how micro-movements develop into macro-movements while learning the essential movements like Muelleo, undulation, and counter-body motion.
Workshop: Musicality (1.5 hours)
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Cost: $30
During this workshop, Betto will share some important information about the different rhythmical patterns that together are part of this music known as Salsa. Dancers will learn how to easily understand each rhythmical pattern, and to apply these patterns to dance in real time. No musical experience is necessary to take this workshop, and yes... This IS a dance class!
LUNCH - 12:30 - 2:00 PM (1.5 hours) - Lunch and Q&A with Betto
We will head downstairs to Coalescence Coffee Company at the lunch break. If you want to join us, Betto will be available for questions during the lunch break. He loves sharing his knowledge, the history, and the culture behind this dance. *Please note lunch is on your own as far as cost. There will be an option to order food ahead of time from the cafe for it to be ready to pick up at the lunch break.
Workshop: Leading and Following Connection (1.5 hours)
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Cost: $30
Dancers will learn how to effectively communicate with a partner through drills designed to enhance adaptability, improve reaction time, balance and improvisational skills. This is not a partner-work class, it's a partnering class.
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
Cost: $25
This class will use drills to help dancers enhance control of their dance motor skills. Dancers will learn how micro-movements develop into macro-movements while learning the essential movements like Muelleo, undulation, and counter-body motion.
Workshop: Musicality (1.5 hours)
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Cost: $30
During this workshop, Betto will share some important information about the different rhythmical patterns that together are part of this music known as Salsa. Dancers will learn how to easily understand each rhythmical pattern, and to apply these patterns to dance in real time. No musical experience is necessary to take this workshop, and yes... This IS a dance class!
LUNCH - 12:30 - 2:00 PM (1.5 hours) - Lunch and Q&A with Betto
We will head downstairs to Coalescence Coffee Company at the lunch break. If you want to join us, Betto will be available for questions during the lunch break. He loves sharing his knowledge, the history, and the culture behind this dance. *Please note lunch is on your own as far as cost. There will be an option to order food ahead of time from the cafe for it to be ready to pick up at the lunch break.
Workshop: Leading and Following Connection (1.5 hours)
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Cost: $30
Dancers will learn how to effectively communicate with a partner through drills designed to enhance adaptability, improve reaction time, balance and improvisational skills. This is not a partner-work class, it's a partnering class.
Betto Herrera - Bio
Norberto “Betto” Herrera, from Ecuador, migrated to New Jersey with his family in 1996 as a teenager. He started to train in Latin dance to feel in touch with his culture, an experience which inspired him to seek knowledge about the roots of Afro-Latin music and dances.
Soon after joining the US Marines in 2000, Betto started teaching Afro-Latin dance classes at Camp Lejeune, NC and the Jacksonville USO. His desire to dance, led him to the Triangle Area, where he started teaching as well, and finally founded Mambo Dinamico Dance Company in 2002, and continued teaching lessons even after finishing his active duty commitment in 2004. He now teaches at Carmen’s Cuban Cafe, in a partnership that has helped create a vibrant dance scene in the Triangle area.
During his career, Betto had sought training and mentorship from some leaders in the Latin dance and music industry, like Salsa instructor Ismael Otero, Afro-Cuban Masters Felix “Pupy” Insua (+) and Marisol Blanco, legendary Palladium Mambo Dancer Pedro Aguilar aka “Cuban Pete” (+) and Barbara Craddock (+), and Ethnomusicologist Prof. David Garcia from UNC-CH.
Some highlights of his career include:
Soon after joining the US Marines in 2000, Betto started teaching Afro-Latin dance classes at Camp Lejeune, NC and the Jacksonville USO. His desire to dance, led him to the Triangle Area, where he started teaching as well, and finally founded Mambo Dinamico Dance Company in 2002, and continued teaching lessons even after finishing his active duty commitment in 2004. He now teaches at Carmen’s Cuban Cafe, in a partnership that has helped create a vibrant dance scene in the Triangle area.
During his career, Betto had sought training and mentorship from some leaders in the Latin dance and music industry, like Salsa instructor Ismael Otero, Afro-Cuban Masters Felix “Pupy” Insua (+) and Marisol Blanco, legendary Palladium Mambo Dancer Pedro Aguilar aka “Cuban Pete” (+) and Barbara Craddock (+), and Ethnomusicologist Prof. David Garcia from UNC-CH.
Some highlights of his career include:
- Featured artist at national and international dance conferences.
- Appointed as judge of several regional and international competitions.
- Featured in many local and national publications.
- Appearances in local and international television.
- Sought as a subject for scholarly research by University professors and students because of his expertise in Afro-Latin dance and music.
- Coordinated collections of items needed for disaster relief like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and Ecuador’s Earthquake.
- Conducted lectures and presentations at schools, universities, corporations, national organizations and local governments about the influence of Latin music, dance and culture in the US.
- Recipient of the “Arts and Culture” Diamante Award 2020 Edition for his work and contributions in North Carolina
- Invited by Casa Azul Greensboro as the keynote speaker at the International Human Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, NC
- Worked with many prestigious art institutions in NC like Carolina Theatre in Durham, Duke’s Nasher Art Museum, NC Theatre and NC Symphony.