# Jeff Kutash

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{{short description|American dancer and choreographer (born 1945)}}
{{COI|date=March 2017}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name        = Jeff Kutash
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1945|4|8}}
| birth_place = [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), Ohio, U.S.
| field       = Dance and choreography
| movement    = [Street dance](/source/Street_dance)
| awards      = {{nowrap|[Emmy](/source/Emmy)<br />[Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe)}}
}}

'''Jeff Kutash''' (born 1945) is an [American](/source/Americans) [dancer](/source/dancer) and [choreographer](/source/choreographer).

==Early life==
Jeff was born in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio).{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} As a teen, he was a middleweight [Golden Gloves](/source/Golden_Gloves) boxer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-jeff-kutashs-stre/148535663/ |title=Jeff Kutash's Street-Style Showdancing |first=Lewis |last=Segal |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |place=Las Vegas |page=222 |date=1986-08-31 |access-date=2024-06-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Jeff Kutash began his entertainment career in Cleveland, Ohio, as a dancer/choreographer of the musical variety show ''[Upbeat](/source/Upbeat_(TV_series))'', which was inducted into the [National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame](/source/National_Rhythm_%26_Blues_Hall_of_Fame) in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-stepping-up-part-1/148536234/ |title=Stepping up |first=Lee |last=Branst |newspaper=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publication-place=Cleveland, Ohio |page=72 |date=1979-04-27 |access-date=2024-06-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wksu.org/news/story/36558 |title=R&B; Hall of Fame makes Cleveland its home... for now |first=Kabir |last=Bhatia |publisher=[WKSU](/source/WKSU) |date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906234913/http://wksu.org/news/story/36558 |archive-date=2013-09-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-06-01}}</ref> He has choreographed for [James Brown](/source/James_Brown), [Otis Redding](/source/Otis_Redding), [Jackie Wilson](/source/Jackie_Wilson), [John Travolta](/source/John_Travolta), [Muhammad Ali](/source/Muhammad_Ali), [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson), [Bette Midler](/source/Bette_Midler), [Cher](/source/Cher) and [Jerry Lewis](/source/Jerry_Lewis).{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He served as a Live Show Attraction Director for [Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley), [Dick Clark](/source/Dick_Clark), [Frank Sinatra](/source/Frank_Sinatra), [Dean Martin](/source/Dean_Martin), [Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr.) and [Tom Jones](/source/Tom_Jones_(singer)).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-31-ca-14911-story.html|title = Los Angeles Times: Jeff Kutash Profile}}</ref>

Kutash created Las Vegas' first water show, ''Splash'', which was a long-running hit for 20 years and paved the way for ''[O](/source/O_(Cirque_du_Soleil))''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.vegasliveshow.com/links/legend-splash.html|title = "Splash!" Vegas Live Show}}</ref> His unique brand of "Street Dancing" is credited with invigorating Las Vegas' shows for a younger audience, innovating a format that had been held by French-themed revues that filled the nightclubs.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-31-ca-14911-story.html|title = LA Times Interview: Jeff Kutash's "Street Dancing"}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jeff currently resides in Las Vegas, NV.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} In September 1997, he testified in a trial denying accusations of bribing a judge for a favorable outcome concerning his show ''Splash'' in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1997/sep/04/kutash-calls-his-accusers-liars/|title = Las Vegas Sun: Kutash Calls His Accusers "Liars"}}</ref>  He is divorced with one daughter, and has a long term girlfriend. 

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0476459}}

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Category:1945 births

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