Three woman in red dresses in motion sitting and standing on several wooden benches. Each individual is experiencing their own emotional state, from fear to desire to curiosity.
 

Kuntz and Company's mission is to tell the stories of our community through the arts with the intention of gaining a better understanding of the human condition.

 

DANCE/THEATRE

Kuntz and Company is a nonprofit, professional dance/theatre company that produces original work.

A woman bent over backwards, hovering in the air, while a man standing behind her intimately supports her back with one arm.

COMMUNITY

Every work created by Kuntz and Company tells the stories of our community. Community members are invited into the process to discover and share their individual stories with the artists.

A tall young adult wearing a large piece of fabric as a skirt, blissfully leaning backward as if he's being swept by the waves that are being digitally projected onto the background and the fabric.

COLLABORATION

Throughout the creative process Kuntz and Company involves a wide range of professional artists including photographers, composers, musicians, dancers, actors, and visual artists.

Nine adults of various ages stand ominously on stage in a straight diagonal line facing the audience with detached expressions, all wearing nude slips and undergarments.

UNIVERSAL INTEREST

Choosing subjects of universal interest, Kuntz and Company frequently chooses topics by request. Recent topics include Asperger’s syndrome, HIV/AIDS, and Family. Upcoming include caring for our children and religion.

Older man and woman sitting side-by-side and leaning on each other with their heads resting on the other, with charmed and satisfied expressions.

INVITING & ACCESSIBLE

The innovative, inclusive pieces we create enhance familiar human stories even as they make the less familiar fields of dance and theatre more accessible to the community. The enthusiastic and empathetic responses received from viewers affirm the powerful human connection made between art and community life and attest to the rekindled sense of empowerment that follows.

A middle-aged woman and a young boy facing each other and playfully grappling with their heads touching and hands wrapped around the other's head, both filled with joy.

“...the artistic vision, sensibility, and the courage required to approach material that is sensitive, unplanned and truly collaborative in its creation. Our community is the better for it!”
— Karee Wardrop

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Richard Scholtz - President

Steve Lyons - Vice President

Vince Foster

Pam Kuntz

Tracy Rienstra

David Vergin