Mona Störling-Enna

Mona grew up in Kokkola, Finland a few hours from the Arctic Circle.  Daughter to a painter and an accountant, Mona grew up painting and walking in the woods catching glimpses of the Northern Lights.  She began her ballet training at the Ostrobothnian ballet academy, subsidizing her training in Helsinki and Paris, France during the summers at the Paris Opera.  Her pastor, Johan Candelin challenged her to 'dance for God' when she was a young teenager and thus began a journey of exploring the connection between her gift in dance and relationship to God.  

She moved to Helsinki at 19 and started her first company, Kadosh together with her friends Titta Tunkkari and Yara Kupper.  They danced throughout Europe and received the Blue Ribbon for Young Choreographers in Helsinki already in their first year.  

After meeting Jeremiah in Jerusalem, Israel, Mona moved to Sweden and joined Eternia Dans Teater.  During their years performing together they crafted the idea that eventually became The Culture House.  

Mrs. Storling-Enna is the Artistic Director for Storling Dance Theater where she has created such noteworthy productions as The Prodigal Daughter, Butterfly, Suspended Grace and the acclaimed Underground (choreographed together with Tobin James).  Underground has become an annual tradition in Kansas City, premiering in 2008.  Mona was asked to move the production to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts during its inaugural year where it has found its home and become a part of the beautiful tapestry of the arts in Kansas City.