2000s
Since the year 2000 he has also taken part, as invited artist and teacher, in many festivals of Argentine tango in Europe, South America and Japan. In 1999 and 2003 he directed and performed as principal dancer in a show with the Orchestra of Beba Pugliese, daughter of the great Maestro, touring Japan. That same year he took part in the 20th anniversary of the show Tango Argentino in Buenos Aires.
At the beginning of 2004 he was invited as principal dancer to take part in the tango musical Tanguera (singer: Lidia Borda) at the Teatro Nacional of Buenos Aires. During the same year he also presented his new show entitled Tango Nuevo with a tour of the Northern provinces of Salta and Jujuy in Argentina.
In July 2005 Tango Nuevo premiered successfully in Europe. The show, which toured the main cities of Italy, is composed of six couples of dancers accompanied by the Ensemble Hyperion Orchestra.
In June and September 2006 Roberto Herrera took part in the sell-out show Buenos Aires Tango in the cities of Paris (France), Brussels (Belgium) and Rome (Italy), with Orquesta El Arranque, Vale Tango, Quinteto Ramiro Gallo and DecarÃsimo. He then performed in the same show in Brescia (Italy) and at the Hong Kong Arts Festival for two weeks in March 2007.
In February 2007 Roberto Herrera and his Tango Company toured Italy once more with the show Tango, accompanied by Ensemble Hyperion.
In May 2007 Roberto and his Company took the show Tango Nuevo to Singapore and Bali.
Roberto Herrera has also been portrayed in numerous books and tango CDs and received a mention in the chapter entitled Camino al fin del Siglo 20 of the book El Siglo de Oro del Tango, by Horacio Ferrer, published by Manrique Zago in Buenos Aires.
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