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Gifted,
sensitive, passionate and captivating are the words we use
to describe what we feel when we see "LaMambera"
Glenda Heffer dance the mambo. A native New Yorker,
Ms. Heffer has a dance background that includes extensive
training in jazz, ballet, ballroom and latin. Glenda
and her partner Delille Thomas are acknowledged as one
of the top mambo performance duos in the world. Currently,
Ms. Heffer teaches dance classes in "Salsa Expressions",
"Mambo Moves", "The Art of Partner Dancing",
and "Salsa Jam N' Eggs" in New York City.
Stage
- 21st
Annual Tito Puente Scholarship Fund Concert with Gilberto
Santa Rosa at Lehman College
- Avery
Fisher Hall with Tito Puente in his first concert as conductor
of the Lincoln Center Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Wynton
Marsalis, 1995
- ·
Apollo Theater with Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz All Stars
Orchestra.
- Madison
Square Garden's Annual Salsa Festivals with many of the
great Latin orchestras as well as Latin diva, Celia Cruz.
- The
50th Anniversary commemoration of the United Nations in
NYC, 1995
- "Amerimusica",
performances with the National Dance Institute, choreographers
Jacques D'Amboise and Peter Gennero.
- College
performances at Penn State, Hofstra University and Hunter
College.
- Performed
as a principal dancer with the Eddie Torres Latin Dance
Company and Razz M' Tazz Dance Company.
Film
and Video
- "Mambo
D Unplugged - The Art of Partner Dancing", instructional
video
- Eddie
Torres teaches "Salsa Nightclub Style", instructional
video
- "Jazzin",
music video with Tito Puente and La India featuring the
Count Basie Orchestra
- "Carlito's
Way", movie starring Al Pacino, dancer
- "Gotta
Dance", film documentary on ballroom and Latin dancing
Jazz
Dance Performances
- "Caribbean
Capers", "Spashdancer" aboard the Song of
America, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
- "Touche",
Latin review in Curacao
- "Manhattan
Motion", Modern Jazz Company performances in Ponce,
Puerto Rico and New York City
- "Just
Dancin", Jazz Dance Concert at Playhouse 46, New York
City
- "Tom
Finnan's American Show", lavish Las Vegas-style review,
Hatoya Hotel, Japan
- "Suite
Vivaldi", Modern dance performances at Hunter College
Playhouse, NYC
International
Tours
- LaMambera
&Mambo D Italian 2002 Tour, workshops and performances
in Guillianova, Via Reggio, Bergamo, Milan, Rome and Naples
- Mambo
D Unplugged Tour, workshops and performances in Rome, Pescara
and Naples, Italy 2001
- Eddie
Torres Latin Dance Company, workshops and performances in
London, Leeds, and Manchester, England, 1996
- Eddie
Torres Latin Dance Company, workshops and performances in
Rome, Milan, Latina, Naples and Florence, Italy, 1996
Class
Schedule
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