Quantum Gymnastics is a gymnastics and dance school in south central Nebraska specializing in floor exercise and tumbling and offering instruction in uneven bars, balance beam, vault and dance with an emphasis in performance.   A smaller enrollment allows for more individual time and attention to be offered to each student by the head coach.  Students are involved in several performances each year including annual and semi-annual productions, basketball game halftime shows, city celebrations and local area fund-raising performances.  Students range in age from 4 to 18 and range in gymnastics ability from Levels 1 through 7.  Dance forms taught are Modern, Ballet, Jazz and Tap.

HISTORY Harlan County Dance Theater was opened in Alma, Nebraska in 1990 where Kathy taught jazz, modern, ballet, tap and gymnastics.  Students were involved in major productions each year, including full-length productions of the Nutcracker including all of the traditional characteristics of a true Nutcracker - a growing Christmas tree (to 21 feet), a nutcracker prince which emerged from a cloud of smoke, dancing dolls, soldiers, marionettes, court jesters, mice, the terrible Mouse King, Heir Drosselmeyer, Fritz and of course Clara. Quantum Gymnastics was permanently established in Alma, Nebraska in 1995.  For seven years, Quantum competed AAU levels 2 through 6 in floor exercise, balance beam, uneven bars and vault while continuing to give exhibitions and present full-length productions. While Quantum has traditionally focused on competition and performance, it now bases its curriculum on recreational gymnastics, dance and performance. The incorporation of uneven bars, balance beam, dance and vault into their performances this year, should give their productions a unique twist original to the area. Watch our calendar for dates and times of performances. Or visit our News Page.

MORE. . . Kathy Schluntz       ~began teaching dance and acrobatics when she was 16 at Diggs School of Dance in Red Cloud, NE.  After majoring in dance at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln following high school, she returned to Red Cloud and purchased the school from Debbie Diggs for $ 2400.  (This dates me!) She directed and taught 75 students at Shaw School of Dance for nearly three years before returning to college.  Diggs School of Dance is now located in Virginia.  Visit their website!       ~has taught dance and gymnastics at various gymnastics clubs and camps throughout Nebraska and Colorado and has trained at gymnastics and dance camps in Utah, Colorado, Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska.       ~was co-founder and co-director of Nebraska Dance Theater, a performing company based in Hastings, Nebraska, which consisted of 16 young dancers from Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings.       ~has choreographed and performed in University of Nebraska Kearney dance concerts periodically for 17 years.  She gave her final performance in the spring of 2004 at the age of 44. Two Quantum students, Sydni Wessels and Gilli Hogeland made debut performances as soloists in university dance concerts in 1998.  A group of Quantum gymnasts/dancers performed a group piece the same year.  One of the soloists, Sydni Wessels, returned to the Kearney University stage in spring of 2004, 6 years later performing in group, duet and solo pieces.       ~while majoring in Dance at UNL, Kathy was a member of Nebraska Dance Ensemble, the UNL performing group which toured the state of Nebraska.  During this time she was fortunate enough to study with many nationally acclaimed dance companies including Joffrey II Ballet, Martha Graham, Royal Winnepeg Ballet, Pilobolus, 5x2 plus and from teachers including Fred Matthews from the Jose Limon School, Jo Rowan and Donald Bradburn.      ~ has taught short sessions of gymnastics in towns throughout Nebraska including Minden, Hebron, York, Fairbury, Franklin, and Phillipsburg and Norton, Kansas.  The opportunity to work with thousands of different gymnasts and dancers over the years has given her a perspective which helps her train and teach students of unique personalities and physical abilities.  She has developed a methodology and curriculum which continues to be expanded upon each year.       ~has studied dance, physics, secondary education science and classical music piano at the collegiate level.  All have played a role in the development of her teaching strategies at Quantum.  She incorporates her knowledge of mechanics, education psychology and music-based choreography into her teaching.   Kathy is now also owner of KSImages, a website development business.