Keira is seventeen; she began training at IPB Academy at the age of four and is thrilled to be part of IPB’s second company for the 2023-2024 season. Keira has danced in ten seasons of The Nutcracker with IPB. She is very grateful to have been Clara in The Nutcracker in 2020 and 2021, as well as the Little Mouse in IPB’s Cinderella in 2018. She attended several of IPBA’s Summer Intensives before being accepted to the Houston Ballet Academy’s Summer Program in 2019 and Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Summer Program in 2021 and 2022 on scholarship. Keira was invited to Pennsylvania to train at the Rock School for Dance Education on scholarship under the direction of Peter Stark. She graduated from the Rock School in 2023 and had the privilege of working with teachers including Telmo Moreira, Natasha Zieger, Magaly Suarez, and Stephanie Spassoff. She participated in the Youth American Grand Prix in 2018, 2019, and 2022. She appreciates every opportunity she has been given to dance and would like to thank her family and teachers for all their support.