Darren Maguire, Founder and Owner of Irish Dance Academy Mourned over Tragic Death

The Maguire Academy of Irish Dance in Tucson, Arizona, has announced the untimely passing away of its founder cum studio owner, Darren Maguire.

Maguire, the former Riverdance lead who founded the studio in 2006 to provide ‘high-quality dance education’ to his Tuscon AZ community and beyond, was ‘surrounded by his family’ with love at the time of his passing, the studio said in a statement.

Maguire, originally from Seven Kings, Redbridge in the United Kingdom, made Tuscon his home and teaching his mission.

The Maguire dance academy staff, lead by Maguire, provided instruction in Irish dance to dances of all ages and levels, either for recreational or competitive purposes. The academy had studios in Tuscon and Dallas.

The news of Darren’s death truly sparked a wave of tributes to the late dance teacher.