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Alura Flores de Angeles was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico, of an American mother and a Mexican father. Her world was always filled with music as her mother was a concert pianist and singer and her father was a singer. Alura, it seems, was blessed with the gift of dance.
Alura graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México with a degree in education. From that time on, she was a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and researcher of the dances of Mexico. In 1928, she started collecting unrecorded dances by going to remote villages as a member of a government-sponsored cultural mission.
In the mid-1960s, Alura began teaching three weeks each year at the University's affiliate campus in San Antonio, and also at the San Antonio College. She also was a viditing professor of dance at various schools and folk dance camps in the United States. Many teachers have been Alura's students, including Nelda Drury and Henry "Buzz" Glass.
Alura was the guiding light behind the Festival Folclorico Internacional (Mexico Camp), held in Oaxtepec, Mexico, about a 2 1/2-hour drive from Mexico City. Each year, Alura, with the able assistance of Ron Houston and Nelda Drury, among others, brought in top master folk dance teachers to this complete recreational facility.
For many years, Alura coached women's basketball and volleyball. Her volleyball team, representing Mexico City, won six national championships, and three of her players were on ...
When Señora de Angeles' health declined in 1991, Mexico Camp foundered.
Dances Sra. Alura taught include
Azul Cielo,
Chilena Guerrense,
Chuchita en Chichuahua,
Colás,
El Circo,
El Jarabe Tapatío,
El Rascapetate,
El Tranchete,
Jacarandas,
Jarabe Coahuilense,
Jarabe de la Botella,
Jarabe Pateño,
Jota Tapatía,
La Adelita,
La Bamba,
La Bruja,
La Cápsula,
La Danza de los Machetes,
La Danza de los Viejitos,
La Redova,
Las Chiapanecas,
Las Copetonas,
Mexican Mixer,
Mi Negra,
Polka Alegre,
and
Tilingo Lingo.
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