Norberto Herrera

Background

About Norberto Herrera

norberto "betto" herrera is very proud of his ecuadorian heritage and grateful to have grown up surrounded by music and dance. betto’s dance career has taken to dance events all over the world: washington, d.c; new york city, ny; boston, ma; chicago, il; orlando, fl; havana, cuba; curacao, na; tokyo, japan and many other cities. betto was also appointed as the head judge of southeast salsa open dance competition, as well as in the judging panel for the peru salsa open. he has been featured in publications like southern living magazine, news and observer, the independent weekly, cary living magazine, and lavoz del mambo. betto has also been interviewed and featured by local channels like univision 40, wral and fox50. he frequently is used as a subject for scholarly research by professors and students at local universities because of his expertise in latin dance and music. betto believes in the power of ongoing training, in all styles of latin dance as well as music and culture. his list of mentors includes tomas guilarte, sekou mcmiller, ismael otero, daniel mcclain, felix “pupy” insua, and david garcia, associate professor of music at the university of north carolina.