Ira McCurry
Adjunct Dance Faculty and Pep Dance Director
Dance & Entertainment
Dance - Faculty
Biography
Ira McCurry has had a passion for performing since she started taking dance lessons at the age of three. Her training began in her hometown of Kansas City at Byrd’s Dance & Gymnastics until moving her training to The Pulse Performing Arts Center. She was a competition dancer for ten years and loved every moment of it! While dancing at The Pulse, she realized she wanted to pursue dance as a career. This resolution led her to apply and audition for ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app City University’s dance program.
During her college career, she performed in multiple student choreography shows and community theater shows. She was a member of the Pep Dance Team and was Co-Director her senior year. After four years, she graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in American Dance Pedagogy. Following graduation, she began her teaching career as a Dance Director for ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app City Public School District, was a teacher and choreographer at All That Dance, and became a Company member of RACE Dance Collective. She is now operating Sunflower Dance Academy in Moore in addition to being an adjunct faculty member at ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app.
