As Co-founder of The Culture House and Artistic Director for Störling Dance Theater, Mona Enna has choreographed such productions as "Between Earth & Sky", "Sower", "Parables & Prayers", and, "The Prodigal Daughter". "The Prodigal Daughter" was chosen by the Kansas City Star as one of the top 15 performances for 2003. Of Mona the K.C.Star wrote,"Mona Störling-Enna's choreographic invention seems to have no limit." Mona has gone on to choreograph and design new work including "butterfly", "Suspended Grace", and the latest, "Underground" a powerful telling of the history and heroics of the Underground Railroad. "Underground" was Mona's first major collaboration together with choreographer, Tobin James.

Mona Enna began her classical dance training at the Ostrobotningen Dance Academy in Kokkola, Finland and went on to train under Jill Miller at Dansivintti in Helsinki. She supplemented her training under the Paris Opera and Finnish National Ballet as she formed her first dance company in Helsinki, "Kadosh" together with Titta Tunkkari.

Mona received the Finnish Young Choreographers award in Helsinki for her work "In The Storm". Mrs. Enna toured with Kadosh throughout Europe until she joined Eternia Dance Theater in 1992 as a soloist. She became ballet mistress as well as costume designer for Eternia's production "Sacrifice". Mona's choreography for "A Prayer For Bosnia" was requested for the vigil concert in the Blue Hall in Stockholm (where the Nobel Peace Prize is given), to perform together with the top upcoming conductors and orchestra musicians in honor of the needs in Bosnia at the time.

Mona is married to American, Jeremiah Enna, and together they have four children, Niko, Iris, Noelle, and Richard Ellis.

Director of School of Dance

Courtney Kierl-Bourman has been an instructor of ballet at the Culture House since 2005 and was named Director of the School of Dance in 2010. Ms. Bourman was an instructor for ten years at the American Dance Center and has been privileged to be on the faculty of the Regional Dance America Mid-States Festival, Kansas City Ballet's Reach Out And Dance (ROAD) program, the American Academy for Dance and the Kindred Arts, the School of Ballet Omaha, and the Louisiana Dance Festival.

Ms. Bourman's formal dance training began in Kansas City with Kathy and Dennis Landsman followed by two years of scholarship study and graduation from the San Francisco Ballet School. Currently a performing member of Storling Dance Theater, her former company affiliations include the Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Omaha, Kansas Regional Ballet, and Tulsa Ballet Theatre where she attained the status of premiere soloist. She has been sought out by choreographers for her versatility and artistry. With a performing career that has spanned three decades, Ms. Bourman has an extremely varied repertoire, dancing principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Anthony Tudor, Leonide Massine, Frederic Franklin, Lew Christensen, John Butler, Arthur Mitchell, Todd Bolender, Andre Prokovsky and others. Some of her featured roles with Storling Dance Theater include "the woman with the red scarf" in Suspended Grace, Hannah in Underground, the prostitute in Prodigal Daughter, soloist in High Heel Shoe Blues, Voices, and Yearning.

Ms. Bourman has been the recipient of four awards for choreography including the Monticello College Foundation Award for Best Female Emerging Choreographer in 2000 and the Regional Dance America Choreographic Recognition Plan Award of 2002 and 2009. She was pleased to also receive the Choreographic Plan Award at RDA's National Festival in 2007 for her piece entitled Tribute which was created in memory of the victims of September eleventh. In April 2010, she was honored to have this piece performed in New York City's Times Square.

In addition to her work onstage, Ms. Bourman is the very proud mother of her two children, Aiden and Isabella.

Tobin James graduated from the Philadelphia University of the Arts with a BFA in Modern dance. While in Philadelphia, she was also a member of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO). After college she attended the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance where she received a full scholarship and completed their training program. She danced with The Martha Graham Ensemble before launching a freelance career in the Christian music industry.

As a solo dance artist she accompanied musical artists such as Steve Green, and Bill and Gloria Gaither. She performed and choreographed on video projects for Ron Kenoly, and Cece Winans. She toured for five seasons with The Young Messiah Tour featuring Sandi Patti, Larnell Harris, and Carmen, to name a few, and staged the dance for the Emmanuel tour. For four years Tobin was the Dance Coordinator for the Christian Artists' Music Seminar in Estes Park, Colorado.

Tobin was a full scholarship recipient for the Craft of Choreography conference in Geneva, New York. She has choreographed for Philadanco, Ballet Magnificat, Sight and Sound Theatres, The Continental Singers, Störling Dance Theater, Dramatic Truth School of the Arts, and The Culture House Theater School.

This wife and mother of four, in her spare time, teaches Graham based modern dance for Dramatic Truth School of the Arts, The Culture House Artists Development program, The University of Missouri Kansas City, and The Kansas City Ballet School.

For twenty-five years, Marc has made his living as a professional entertainer. As dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, director, educator, and speaker, this seasoned professional has traveled coast to coast performing for audiences of over 71,000 people.

Marc began his training with Jeri Pinnell in a small one-room studio in Gahanna, Ohio. His first ballet teacher was Gail Levan. He received his collegiate education at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he majored in dance. He then continued his career and studies in Chicago where he studied at various studios including Gus Giordano Dance Center, Conservatory Of American Dance, and Joel Hall Dance Center.

His experience includes screen, television, and stage in music videos, video series, commercials, industrials, movies, musicals, amusement parks, and five US tours. Titles include Carman's Raising The Standard and R.I.O.T. tours, Fiddler On The Roof (director,choreographer), Barnum, Guys & Dolls, The King & I (playing the King), Bibleman, Dramatic Truth's Mystery of Christmas (playing the principal role of "God" for 8 of 11 seasons), Störling Dance Theater's Prodigal Daughter, Butterfly, Suspended Grace, and Underground, and Maxxas Dance Theatre's Genesis, "R", and 3DAYS (choreographer/director/producer/writer).

He has worked with and shared the stage with such artists as Carman, Willie Aames, Amy Grant, Ron Kenoly, Ben Vereen, and organizations and companies that include Dr. Pepper, KFC, Kings Island, Pamplin Entertainment, Nexxus, MGM, and Eastman Films.

Marc's company work includes Chicago based modern companies, CHICAGO MOVING COMPANY and CHICAGO DANCE MEDIUM and jazz and tap company, CHI-TOWN JAZZ DANCE (w/ Meribeth Kisner). Also included is Kansas City based companies; DRAMATIC TRUTH BALLET THEATRE (founding member) and STÖRLING DANCE THEATER and guest appearances with Jackson, Mississippi based ballet company, BALLET MAGNIFICAT.

He is at present displaying his eclectic style of movement through his own highly acclaimed contemporary jazz/modern company, MAXXAS DANCE THEATRE.

Marc's joy is working with young people of all ages. Affirming their purpose and transforming that confidence, into their performance of art and life. His infectious zest for life and performing, has taken him as choreographer, director, speaker, educator, and judge to countless studios, churches, camps, workshops, master classes, and competitions across the United States, Bahamas, and Jamaica, sponsored by such organizations as Ad Deum, Ballet Magnificat, the Continental Singers, Dramatic Truth School of the Arts, the Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders, The Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, and (at present) The Culture House Academy of the Performing Arts.

Marc and his incredible wife Anne (of Störling Dance Theater), have seven children, Caleb, Mikayla, Noah, Madeline, Zion, Elisabeth, and Emma.

Tawny Gentry Clement is assistant director as well as a dancer in Maxxas Dance Theater. She was a member of Storling Dance Theater from 2005-2010, where she performed featured roles in several productions including "Underground" and "Prodigal Daughter". From 2002-2003, she was a trainee with Ad Deum Dance Company in Houston. She was invited to join the company in 2003 and toured nationally and internationally (Singapore and Malaysia), performing many diverse solo roles, until she moved to Kansas City in 2005. Originally from Los Angeles, she trained at Santa Clarita Ballet Academy and obtained her full membership to the Royal Academy of Dance (a leading dance examination board) after several performance-based examinations.

Her love of teaching began when she was asked to be a teaching apprentice under master teacher, Corinne Glover. By 16, she had her own classes of young students. Ever since, she has taught classes ranging from creative movement, ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, lyrical, and Pilates. Tawny is a sought after guest/master teacher and has held teaching positions at over 10 studios in CA, TX, and KS. She teaches all ages and levels from 3 year olds to professional classes. She was married to Micah Clement on the snowiest day this January and is loving starting their life together! She also enjoys reading, long walks outdoors, traveling, various creative projects, and discovering new places in Kansas City.

Jillian began her classical ballet and modern training with Andrea Bedford at Northeast Missouri Bible College. Upon graduation she helped develop the Worship Arts Dance program at Heartland Christian College. In 2006 she relocated to Kansas City to be a part of Störling Dance Theater's Artist Development Program. While in Kansas City, Jillian has performed the lead role in Imago "Dei's Wellspring of Life", choreographed by Mona Störling-Enna. As a student she had the opportunity to perform with Störling Dance Theater's "Suspended Grace", "Prodigal Daughter", and "Underground". Jillian also enjoys being a member of Marc Wayne's Maxxas Dance Theatre and teaching dance at The Culture House. This is Ms. Daco's first season with Störling Dance Theater.

Anne received her formal training in Chicago at studios including Northbrook Dance Center, Hubbard Street, Ruth Page, and The Conservatory of American Dance. Prior to officially joining Störling Dance Theater in 2002, Anne danced with Chi-Town Jazz Dance in Chicago, danced the principal role of the "Princess" in Lynda Martha's touring production "The Young Hunter", and performed with the Chicago Orchestra in Sondheim's "Into The Woods". She appeared in Carman's "R.I.O.T." music video, and she received rave reviews for her performance in Störling Dance Theater's "Butterfly". Mixed in with all of these years of performing, Anne married Marc Wayne and together they raise seven beautiful children, which has been the most rewarding role she has played in her career.

Laura is originally from New Harbor, Maine. She started dancing at a young age under the instruction of Faye Cain at Midcoast Dance Studios and Maine State School for the Performing Arts under the direction of Linda Miele. During her years at Midcoast Dance Studios and MSSPA, Laura was corps and leading roles for ballets such as Peter and the Wolf, The Nutcracker, Alice and Wonderland, and Swan Lake. After high school graduation Laura moved to Hartford, CT and enrolled into the Hartt School of the University of Hartford as a Dance Pedagogy major. Here she was instructed by Peggy Lyman in the Martha Graham technique, Katie Stevinson-Nollet in Contemporary Dance forms, Hilda Morales, Susan Brooker, and Adam Miller in Contemporary and Classical Ballet. She danced in many pieces at Hartt including: Katie Stevinson-Nollet's World Premier of "Burbon Street", Alla Nikitina's "America Dancing", and also "Romeo and Juliet" directed by Denis Price. After graduating Laura was accepted as an apprentice with Störling Dance Theater and is thrilled to be dancing her second season with them!

M. Suzanne Ryan hails from Kansas City where she studied under Todd Bolender at the Kansas City Ballet and performed as a singer/dancer at Starlight Theater. At the age of 19 she had her first full-time dance job under Neil Hess, Director of the Lone Star Ballet (Ret.), in Texas. Due to injury and desiring a longer performance career, studied contemporary dance (Limon and Evans). Suzanne represented the U.S. in the International College Dance Festival in Kobe, Japan and toured with the Bill Evans Dance Company. She relocated to Kansas City and got a job choreographing at Shawnee Mission Theater in the Park and as a member of aha! dance theater. Her passion was her own quartet called Ryanstrati & Co using dancers with disabilities, which performed at Yardley Hall and the Folly Theater. She also taught people of diverse abilities at the Kemper Museum of Art and the Kansas State School for the Blind. She studied dance from Bill Evans, Armando Duarte, George de la Pena, Alan Sener, David Dorfman, Tyrone Aiken, Nora Reynolds, Skip Randall and Bella Lewitsky. Suzanne holds a Master's of Fine Arts in Dance Choreography from the University of Iowa, where she taught modern dance for 3 years. Her choreography has been performed across the United States including the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. She is currently researching the relationship of dance and religious practice around the world.

Mrs. Wilson's formal training began in Leawood, Kansas at DanceWorks Conservatory, under the direction of Sharon Romine, Nicole Romine, and Loren Whittaker. Alexandra received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet and Modern from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was a scholarship student all four years.

Prior to becoming a company member for Storling Dance Theater, Alexandra was a guest Artist for Second Wind Dance Company in Virginia, performing works by Beverly Duane, and Jelone Vierra of Dance Brazil. Mrs. Wilson has performed works by George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Paula Weber, DeeAnna Hiett, Jennifer Medina, Rodni Williams, and Loren Whittaker. Mrs. Wilson has toured Europe twice with Young Tanzommer, and has had her choreography performed there as well. She has also danced in the movie, Three Blind Saints. Alexandra is a teacher at Wynn Twins Studio, Blue Springs color guard, was the Director of Dance for movinNgroovin in Overland Park, Kansas and has taught many camps and workshops for studios all over Kansas City, including Storling Dance Camp, and Glenda Brown Choreography Project. Alexandra also teaches dance for summer school with the Blue Springs District.

Alexandra has been a company member of Storling Dance Theater since 2006. Some memorable roles with Storling Dance Theater include: Roxy, in Prodigal Daughter, one of the Wives, in Suspended Grace, and Kamikaze Mama.

Kim Holloway is originally from North Carolina and moved to the greater Kansas City area in 2009 to perform with Storling Dance Theater. This will be her third season with the company. She graduated from Belhaven University magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. While at Belhaven, she recieved the Bezalel Award for artistic excellence twice. She has attended summer intensives at the American Dance Festival, Atlanta Ballet, and the Raleigh School of Ballet. She enjoys choreographing, and her work has been performed in Mississippi, North Carolina, Kansas, Japan, and Scotland. During her years at Belhaven she performed with the Belhaven College Dance Ensemble, including principle roles with choreographers Steve Rooks, Randal Flinn, and Laura Morton. She has also performed with the Mississippi Improvisation Alliance, American College Dance Festival Association, Raleigh Dance Theater, Southeast Regional Ballet Association, and the North Carolina Dance Festival. This past year she produced her own show that included a collaboration of dance with live music. Kim teaches at three dance schools in the greater Kansas City area. She teaches all ages from three to professional, and broad range of classes including creative movement, beginning tap, ballet, pointe, jazz, and modern. This will be her second year teaching dance at the Culture House.

Ronald McFadden is most famous for being half of the well-known performing duo, The McFadden Brothers. They have been entertaining since they were in elementary school, learning tap licks, and intricate rhythms from their father, Kansas City hoofer and all around entertainer Smilin' Jimmy McFadden. Their Dad, danced with the likes of "The Count Basie Orchestra," "Blanche Calloway's Harlem Review," "Jay McShann," and many more of the top name entertainers and orchestras of the 30's and 40's. Along with leading a top notch tap dancing act of his own, "The 3 Chocolate Drops" who traveled around the eastern and central United States. Working in the same circuit as "The Berry Brothers," "The Rhythm Kings" and another group by the name of "The Will Mastin Trio."

McFadden began teaching his sons (The McFadden Brothers) tap dancing at the ages of 3 and 4. In addition, he made sure both Lonnie and Ronald took piano lessons at the Conservatory of music to learn music as he taught them lots of comedy bits, tap routines and songs to sing.

At ages 6 and 7 Lonnie and Ronald gave their first recital, an hour long show that consisted of the two McFadden Brothers singing, tap dancing, doing comedy bits and playing piano and organ.

After The McFadden Brothers entered junior high school, they completely quit tap dancing and taking piano lessons, largely due to peer pressure as Lonnie recalls, "They weren't too fond of tap dancers at the school we went to." So they decided to concentrate more on playing the trumpet (Lonnie) and the alto saxophone (Ronald). Instruments that were more accepted by their peers.

As a teenager, Lonnie traveled with one of the regional R&B and Top 40 bands playing trumpet and singing before starting his own band, "Lonnie and The Band" that included Ronald on the alto sax. It was during this time that Lonnie became a song writer and arranger. After Lonnie and The Band had run its course, The McFadden Brothers were born.

By the 1980s The McFadden Brothers paralleled their father's career by performing with "The Count Basie Orchestra". They played major jazz festivals in Europe and Japan, appearing on the same bill with such jazz greats as Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis.

Lonnie and Ronald have made many local and national television appearances including "Incredible Sunday's" the result of a recommendation from Ben Vareen. The McFadden Brothers have also performed with some of the biggest names in show business, like Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Orlando and were the featured act with Wayne Newton for over 2 and a half years. (Just to Mention a Few)

Lonnie and Ronald's families still reside in the Kansas City area where they can be found performing at the major music venues in the area.

A native of the Kansas City area, Kelly McDonough received ballet instruction under Jane Pierce for eight years. She also spent seven years competing in gymnastic competitions at the national level. Ms. McDonough graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance from the Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia. She performed with the Wesley Institute Dance Company in addition to the dance companies of University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Central Missouri State University, Aha! Dance Theatre and David's House. Ms. McDonough has been a worship dance team member at the International House of Prayer since 2004. Her extensive teaching credits include teaching gymnastics for twenty-eight years and teaching dance at numerous studios over the last thirteen years. She has taught dance at the Kansas School for the Deaf as well as Camp Sertoma, a camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. She has taught various dance workshops including Freedom Fire and workshops for Aboriginal children, children's ministries and a ladies' ministry. Ms. McDonough loves to teach children about Jesus and His love for them as they move, and to inspire them to love Him back wholeheartedly.

Giorgia is from Milan, Italy. She started studying ballet when she was 6 with some of the most famous ballerinas from the La Scala theater in Milan, with her passion for jazz starting after meeting Dmitri Chabardin, an ex first male dancer at Bolshoi and student in New York of Alvin Ailey and Debby Reynolds.

At this time, Giorgia divided her studies between modern-jazz and contemporary at the S.P.I.D (Italian Professional School of Dance), M.A.S. (Music, Arts, & Show) in Milan, the Verdi Theatre with Deepti Canfora, the I.A.L.S. (Academy of Dance) in Rome with Mauro Astolfi and Virginio Pitzalis and the Pineapple School in London, England, with teachers such as Molly Molloy, Roland Price, Laura Connor and Mark Battershall.

Giorgia has been featured on "Momenti di Gloria" a television show with Mediaset in Italy, dancing for an entire season.

In 2003, Giorgia was awarded third place in the category of modern dance performing the choreography "Handmade parade" by Dmitri Chabardin in a dance challenge at "Villa Figoli", in Arenzano, Liguria, Italy.

In 2008 she choreographed "Musical and more…" a history of musicals performed by children, San Carlo Theatre, Muggio, Milan, Italy

In 2009 Giorgia choreographed "Vuoi differenziarti?..Ricicla", a modern dance performance, whose main theme was about recycling, at the Rondinella Theatre Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy.

Giorgia moved to the States in February 2010 with her husband Fred and daughter Rachael and danced in the project "Ordo Virtutum" by Suzanne Ryan Strati in September 2010.

She is very excited about her collaboration with The Culture House and about having the opportunity to teach dance along with some European culture here in the United States.

"While I dance I can not judge, I can not hate, I can not separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance." Originally from Houston, Texas, James, "SugEasy" has lived in the Kansas City metro for over 15 years. His passion for dance particularly Hip Hop began at the tender age of four. By elementary school he was entering his first dance competitions. Over the years, he has not only competed in local competitions but at the national level as well. Most recently "SugEasy" competed in the Monsters of Hip Hop Kansas City, and was selected to compete in the National Monsters of Hip Hop in Summer 2011.

In past years "SugEasy" has been privileged enough to take his talent not only into schools and competitions but he has performed/shared the stage with multiple artists as well. A few of these performances include Ne-Yo, Blink 182, Dave Matthews, and LL Cool J. He has also worked for Red Bull as well as MTV.

"SugEasy" has been teaching, educating and choreographing Hip Hop at several dance schools for the past 10+ years. He prides himself on "not just teaching dance moves, but how to dance." His love of dance has led into a love to teach, and not just kids but people of all ages and capabilities. "SugEasy" has taken this passion far beyond the classroom walls and into the community setting, working with homeless and troubled adolescents in several Kansas City group homes, churches, and schools as well. In this setting he not only serves as an instructor but as a mentor and friend to his students. God Bless

Renee is passionate about performing, studying, teaching, and ministering the art of dance, acting, and singing. Born in Manhattan, NY yet raised in Saratoga, California, Renee began studying dance at age 4. From age 11-17, Renee performed in tour groups and several musicals with the San Jose Children's Musical Theater and the San Jose Civic Light Opera in California. She continued to study ballet, jazz, and tap then began performing professionally at Great America Amusement Park at age 16. In 1986, Renee graduated from U.C. Irvine with a B. A. in theater then studied acting with the South Coast Repertory Theater in Southern California. Her dance studies in ballet, jazz, and modern have continued in Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, Potsdam, and Kansas City with Studios such as Joe Tremaine, Dupree, Ruth Page, Giordano's, Hubbard Street, Luigi Dance, Dramatic Truth, and Culture House. Renee performed with the 1984 Olympics Ceremonies, NCL Cruise Lines, CPS performing Arts, and most recently Culture House sporting roles such as Baroness in SOUND OF MUSIC, the dove in CHILDREN OF EDEN, and Ethel Tofflemeir in MUSIC MAN. Renee began teaching dance in her garage at age 16 and since has taught for State University of NY; Potsdam, Lake Forest Dance Academy, Dance INC., Nevada Dance, conservatories, park districts, public schools, Young Horizons Missions organization, home-education co-ops, and privates. Renee has also choreographed GREASE, DAMN YANKEES, and several projects for churches. She served as the director of dance at the 1995 Karitos Christian Arts Festival in Chicagoland, co-directed the Academy for the Performing Arts of Northern New York and launched Project 150; a Christian dance troupe. Her favorite role is wife to musician/teacher/actor Michael De Voe Sr. and mom/teacher to their four children.