Mona Enna
Mona Enna is the Artistic Director for Störling Dance Theater. Her choreographic work, The Prodigal Daughter, was chosen by the Kansas City Star as one of the top 15 performances for 2003. The Kansas City Star wrote, “Mona Störling-Enna’s choreographic invention seems to have no limit.” Mrs. Enna’s work on Underground was her first major collaboration with choreographer Tobin James and was touted by critic Paul Horsley as one of the “Top 10 Performances of the Decade” (2000-2009). The show has been performed annually since 2007.
Mrs. Enna has been featured in Dance Studio Life as one of America’s up-and-coming new choreographers as well as a guest teacher and choreographer for national dance conferences. She 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, with Titta Tunkkari.
In addition to receiving the Finnish Young Choreographers award in Helsinki for her work In the Storm, she also toured with Kadosh throughout Europe until joining Eternia Dance Theater in 1992 as a soloist. Mrs. Enna became ballet mistress as well as costume designer for Eternia’s production Sacrifice. Her 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.
She trained in classical dance at the Ostrobotningen Dance Academy in Kokkola, Finland, and went on to train under Jill Miller at Dansivintti in Helsinki and supplemental training at the Paris Opera and Finnish National Ballet. She formed her first dance company in Helsinki, “Kadosh”, together with Titta Tunkkari.
Mrs. Enna received the Finnish Young Choreographers award in Helsinki for her work In The Storm. She 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 awarded) where it was performed together with the top, upcoming conductors and orchestra musicians in honor of the needs in Bosnia at the time.
Mrs. Enna is married to American, Jeremiah Enna, and together they have four children, Niko, Iris, Noelle Rose and Richard Ellis.