The photographer Estefania Mitre documents her family's Mexican folklórico tradition of dance. She credits her mother and uncles for managing to instill discipline and a love for dance and art in her soul.
Tio Sergio Carlos Mayorga, who's danced Mexican Folklórico dance for the last 42 years, performs at México City's Teatro Ferrocarrilero Gudelio Morales in July.On a stormy day in cloudy México City, sitting on a park bench in the neighborhood of Condesa, myuncle Sergio Carlos, remembers his early days dancing — he got his start in 1980 with a group called Semblanzas de México.
All of my family lives and comes from México — my mom, Patricia Mitre, grew up in the loud and colorful México City alongside her 11 siblings. Most of them created a tradition for themselves dancing, joined Mexican folklórico dance groups between their late teens and late 20s, and all shared a joy for dancing.
Estefania Mitre and her uncle Sergio share memories from family gatherings and Sergio's early days of dancing in July.The last one to join the club, inspired by my mom's hectic-but-creative dance career, was my tio Sergio. Though he's my mom's cousin, she's always seen him as just another brother. The 13th sibling of the family.These days, he's part of the dance group Danzas y Bailes tradicionales Alma Mexicana, which he joined back in 1996.
to raise money to send group members to Turkey for a dance tour. Sergio enlisted as part of the group that is trying to head to Turkey. Members of the group Danzas y Bailes tradicionales Alma Mexicana perform a regional dance from Jalisco, México, at México City's Teatro Ferrocarrilero Gudelio Morales in July.Members of the group Danzas y Bailes tradicionales Alma Mexicana perform a regional dance from Sinaloa, México, at México City's Teatro Ferrocarrilero Gudelio Morales in July.
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