Contact Jen-Jen Lin at ChineseArtsAlliance@gmail.com
About
Jen-Jen Lin holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. As a young adult, Lin served as an artistic director and choreographer for the Lan-Yang Chinese Folklore Performing Dance Company, the company toured internationally.
In the U.S., she danced with the Chicago-based modern dance company, Jan Erkert & Dancers, taught dance at the University of Chicago, IL, College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and Vanderbilt University Dance Program, Nashville, TN.
Lin is the founder and director of the Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville(CAAN).
She is a dancer, choreographer, dance educator, drummer, producer, and Tai Chi Instructor. She teaches creative dance, Chinese dance, Chinese Drumming, Tai Chi, and other arts projects. Lin’s Art works are heavily linked with the Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville’s production (www.ChineseArtsAlliance.org).
Program Overview
– “Find your beats with your body and dance” (combining physical education with rhythmic beats in music)
– “Explore Asian music with Chinese dance” (combining Asian arts and culture with physical education and music)
– “Meditation in motion-exploring essence of Tai Chi and create” (combining physical education and creativity)
– “Make a Chinese Lion Dance prop and learn lion dance and drumming” (combining physical education, music, Asian culture, and creativity) — suitable for elementary schools.
