Kurt has established himself as one of the finest dancers, singers, actors working today. He is presently performing as a featured ensemble member and understudy to the male lead of Nick Arnstein in the original cast of Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theater in NYC starring Lea Michelle. He recently filmed the Jeremy Piven feature, The Performance in Slovakia. He has 17 year experience teaching students of all ages and can boast students who as children and teens landed on Broadway, in film, television and more.

Kurt has performed on NBC’s World of Dance, taught at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, and the Peridance Capezio Center in NYC. He has been faculty at multiple tap festivals/intensives including Joffrey School Miami Tap Intensive, Tap United, Palmetto Tap Intensive, and has been accepted as a judge at the IDO World Tap Championships in Germany. Stage/Live credits include: NBC’s World of Dance Season 1 (Rhythmatic), International Tour of Tap Dogs, Dorrance Dance, Caleb Teicher & Co, Top Hat Lab w/Chris Gatelli, Tap into the Night w/Tap Factor, featured soloist and choreographer at Tap United in Boston, MA, I Love Tap w/Derick K. Grant, America’s Got Talent with Aaron Tolson, Dance Captain of Andrew Nemr’s “CPD Plus” tap company. Kurt is a graduate of NYU’s Gallatin School.

Kurt is a freelance Director, Cinematographer and founder/Creative Director of Solarc Productions LLC, an independent creative content and multimedia company that has produced numerous films, music videos, commercial, and corporate video work that have gone on to win awards at film festivals around the country, air on national TV (Nickelodeon), and live online for his clients through websites and social media. Some selected Directing, Producing, Cinematography, and Editing projects below. www.solarcproductions.com

He travels regularly to teach and judge for major top level dance intensives, conventions and national competitions including for the famed Joffrey School in NYC. His private acting students continue to be successful getting into their dream schools for Musical Theatre and Acting. He excels in audition self tape sessions with clients successfully presenting work receiving accolades from agents, managers and casting offices in the NY and LA markets.

@kurtcsolak, www.kurtcsolak.com