After reading "Trip Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne, he took an interest in Asia and the Middle East and learned their dances from local Hindu and Arab people.
He was also chosen to teach folk dancing as a part of the Chicago Park District Recreational Activities Council.
Vyts was hired to teach folk dancing as part of the International House of the University of Chicago in 1937.
He taught for a couple of years before catching tuberculosis again, and after a hospital stay, he moved to San Diego to recover.
In 1986, he founded the National Folk Organization with Mary Bee Jensen, George Frandsen, and L. DeWayne Young.