Kurt, with his teaching assistants, instructs in Swing Dance, Ballroom Dance, and Latin Dance at Cornell University and Ithaca College, in the Physical Education Departments. The founder of ithacadance, he teaches dance off-campus as well. He offers private lessons in his Cayuga Heights studio. Kurt is an avid club dancer, and competes in West Coast Swing. Our complete philosophy of social dance:  "FUN!"

Kurt competes regularly in West Coast Swing. He has studied West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Shag in classes, workshops at national competitions, and private lessons dance with many top USA Competitors and instructors, especially in Swing Dance: Frankie Manning, Steve Mitchell, Nathalie Gomes, Mario Robau, Robert Cordoba, Angel Figeroua, Deborah Szekeley, Ramona Staffeld, and that is just the beginning. He has learned ballroom from the Cornell Ballroom Club, and in classes and workshops with pros in the field, such as Eulia Baranovsky, Tom Eurieck, Andy Proust, and more. His main salsa teachers include Edie "The Salsa Freak", Jorge Elizando, Henry Herrera, Nedim Catal, Brian Bromka, Felipe Rivera, and others. He learned merengeue and bachata from Domincans both in NY, and in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic. He feels that his continuing learning of the Spanish language is essential to a deeper appreciation of Caribbean music and dance. He has attended numerous large-scale dance events such as Boston Tea Party, American Swing Dance Championships, Summer Hummer, Swing Into Spring, etc.

Born in Highland Park NJ, Kurt graduated Cornell '70 B.A., Ithaca College '82 Masters Degree in Music Education (Voice,Piano). He brings the perspective of a musician, composer, and professionally trained educator to dance instruction. He led the retro-rock band THE CORVETTES for 10 years, and has been couples dancing since the early 1990s. He was founder/ producer/ DJ for 93.5 WVBR SATURDAY SWING radio show, now on temporary hiatus after 12 years on the air. He also founded the CSMA (Ithaca Community School Of Music & Art) WHITON CHORALE, and directed it for four years. Let's not forget ten glorious years giving hundreds of workshops in songwriting at Central New NY public schools, and writing a whole lot of songs. He DJ's weddings and events: CAYUGA PRO DJ. Kurt is webbmeister for the Cornell Phys Ed Dept.