Thomas Kindt had an unusual start to his ballroom career. 18 years ago, in the summer of 2006, he was looking for a change in his life after returning home early from college. He had been an athlete for most of his life and majored in vocal performance. Having always wanted to learn how to dance and performing in some fashion since he was in the first grade, he saw an ad in the paper that said, ‘train to teach’, and with his athletic and musical background, it made sense. The rest, as they say, is history.

Since then, he has loved his career as a teacher and as a dancer. With students, Thomas has competed all over the country and twice outside of it and has competed professionally in the American Smooth style. To Thomas, there is nothing better than dancing: it is a true expression of yourself. He loves both competing and performing.

With his terrible jokes and his joy for learning, there are two things you’ll hear him say: with enough time, anyone can get good at dance, you just can’t give up! And the best thing about dance is also the worst thing about dance: there is always something else to learn.