Shira J. was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1982, to African American parents. At the very
young age of three, Shira became interested in entertaining. The
only way in which she could cultivate her art was by joining any musical team
or club she could find, so she played cello for 13 years (until age 21), joined
the theater department, and joined her high school dance team.
In school, Shira
excelled in her subjects, all with the hopes of becoming a physician. She
hoped only to please the likes of her peers and family with the similar
educational background by maintaining normalcy – but Shira was nothing
“normal.”
At 24, Shira switched
all of her gears and followed her heart, into pursuing a legacy as a
“choreographer for the stars” in New York City. With the many ups
and downs of the city hustle lifestyle, Shira endured many triumphs and
hardships.
Shira faced homelessness
for a brief time when she was 25. Over a period of five years, she
relocated addresses 8 times. She held many jobs for which she was
overqualified in order to maintain her dream, which ironically shifted from
“choreographers of the stars” to “star.”
It was when she realized Shira
herself was the star that doors began opening. Shira began
receiving phone calls from casting agents at MTV. She began
generating a new income for the career that came easiest to her. Shira
also found creative inspiration and a following simply by being a part of the
city which she deemed “new home.” After choosing to recuperate from
a negative situation which jeopardized her abilities to create herself and
becoming pregnant, Shira moved back to Ohio.
Shira is currently
30-years-old, and quietly working on other projects during her “off-season,”
and will return to New York within the next two years to finish cultivating her
dreams.
Check her out on http://www.youtube.com/sugarfreetv Learn more about her new movement vision class https://www.facebook.com/VisionClass
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