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鈥檚 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 向日葵视频 City University鈥檚 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 向日葵视频 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 OCU.
