New York CityJuly 26 – August 12027
Four days of training in New York City, then three days of knowledge, live music and social dancing at the Mamboland ESM Congress.
The 2027 Experience
Mambo Experience gives you the tracked, structured training. The Mamboland ESM congress opens it out into workshops, live music and the international floor.
Mambo Experience
Day 1
11am – 2:30pm
The week opens. Tracks meet, foundations and shared concepts are set.
Empire Dance Studio
Mambo Experience
Day 2
11am – 2:30pm
Concepts from day one carry forward and deepen.
Empire Dance Studio
Mambo Experience
Day 3
11am – 2:30pm
Partnerwork and personal feedback, building on the first two days.
Empire Dance Studio
Mambo Experience
Day 4
Time to be confirmed
Seminar day. Mambo history and musicality, taught in depth.
Empire Dance Studio
Mamboland ESM
Congress
10am – 5pm
The congress opens with a full day of workshops.
Marriott Marquis
Mamboland ESM
Congress
10am – 5pm
A second full day on the workshop floor.
Marriott Marquis
Mamboland ESM
Congress
10am – 5pm
Closing workshops before the city sends you home.
Marriott Marquis
4 days Mambo Experience training3 days Mamboland ESM congress
See how the program worksseven days on the floor, Monday to Sunday — four with Mambo Experience, three at the congress.
Why Mambo Experience
Four days, one team of teachers, one curriculum. What you learn on Monday is still being built on by Thursday — and the room you are in was chosen for the dancer you actually are.
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Sessions connect to each other instead of existing in isolation.
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Teachers see you, correct you, and help you adjust while it matters.
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Technique, partnerwork, rhythm, culture and application in one arc.
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You train inside the city that shaped the dance you are learning.
Choose Your Track
Two serious training environments running in parallel, designed to give every dancer the right level of challenge. The question is not which is harder — it is which will challenge you without drowning you.
Minimum level: Intermediate+
50 spots only
Experienced dancers looking to strengthen foundations, develop greater depth and build cleaner, more confident execution.
Open to every dancer who meets the Intermediate+ minimum level.
Minimum level: Advanced
50 spots only
Advanced and highly experienced dancers ready for faster pacing, greater complexity and demanding material.
Handled in May–June 2027 — nothing to do when you book.
One placement test covers both Mambo Experience and the Mamboland ESM Advanced Track.How placement works
Not sure which room is yours? Compare the levels — or ask us before you book.
Each track takes 50 dancers. Tracks and roles fill at different rates, and when one is full it is closed.
The 2027 Teachers
El Maestro
Body Movement Queen
Musicality Master
Mambo New School
Still to come
More teachers to be announced
The full 2027 line-up is announced here first.
The Congress
Three more days of training on a different scale: workshops with international artists, live music every night and social dancing until late at the Mamboland ESM congress.
Mambo Experience
Mon–Thu
Focused training
Mamboland ESM
Fri–Sun
Workshops, live music, socials
The congress venue
New York Marriott Marquis
Times Square · 1535 Broadway
The Mamboland ESM congress runs at the New York Marriott Marquis, on Broadway in the middle of Times Square. The tracked training runs Monday to Thursday and the congress opens Friday morning.
Mamboland ESM is a separate congress and brand. Full access is included with the Full Experience Pass only.
Times Square photo: Nielsoncaetanosalmeron, CC BY 4.0
From the Community
“I think this class has given me the most insight I've had in my entire dance education so far.”
“Every year I wonder how they’re going to make it even better — and somehow, they always do.”
“I have been here for 3 years and definitely coming back next year.”
“Every year they surprise me with the amount of knowledge.”
Beyond the training room
You are not buying twelve hours in a studio. You are buying a week in the city that made this dance — the nights are as much a part of it as the mornings.
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The city dances every night. What you drilled in the afternoon gets tested on a crowded floor at midnight.
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This music was written to be played live, and New York is where it still is — bands, descargas, and rooms where the orchestra decides how the night goes.
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Concerts, shows, the neighbourhoods this dance came out of. Your evenings are not downtime — they are why you booked the flight.
Which socials, venues and nights Mambo Experience points you to is shared with attendees closer to the event — the city's line-up is not fixed a year ahead.
Choose Your Experience
The Training
Four focused days: three in the training room, then the history and musicality seminar.
$299Exclusive Early Bird
Mambo Experience + Mamboland ESM
The Complete WeekEverything in the training pass, plus three days of Mamboland ESM Congress.
$499Exclusive Early Bird
Only 20 passes are released at the Exclusive Early Bird price, across both pass types. When they are gone, the next price applies.
| Included | The Training | Mambo Experience + Mamboland ESM |
|---|---|---|
| Mambo Experience training, Mon–Thu | ✓Included | ✓Included |
| Main or Advanced Track | ✓Included | ✓Included |
| Personal feedback | ✓Included | ✓Included |
| Mambo history and musicality seminar | ✓Included | ✓Included |
| 50% off Empire Dance Studio evening classes | ✓Included | ✓Included |
| Mamboland ESM congress, Friday–Sunday | –Not included | ✓Included |
Before You Book
Main Track is for dancers at an intermediate level and above who want to strengthen fundamentals, develop greater depth and build cleaner, more consistent execution. Advanced Track is for advanced and highly experienced dancers who are comfortable with a faster learning pace and more complex material, and placement into it requires an Advanced placement test. Both are serious training environments — the difference is not which track is better, but which pace and level of material will help you progress most. If you register for Advanced there is nothing to do at checkout — placement is handled in May and June 2027, and we send you everything you need closer to the time. That placement is also valid for the Mamboland ESM Advanced Track, so dancers attending both only go through the process once.
Register for the Advanced Track when you book, complete the placement test we send you, and we confirm your track before the event. There is no rush and nothing to prepare at checkout: placement is handled in May and June 2027, in the months before the training, and we come to you when the time comes. It exists to build the right room rather than to judge anyone: it lets the teachers work at an advanced level from the first hour, and it means everyone in the room can learn at the same pace. One test covers the whole week — an Advanced placement applies to both the Mambo Experience training and the Mamboland ESM Advanced Track, so you never qualify twice.
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.
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.
Each track takes 50 dancers, and tracks and roles sell separately — Main can still have space when Advanced 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.
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.
New York City· Jul 26 – Aug 1 · 2027
