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FACULTY
Director
Na (Joanna) Jin is the founder and artistic director at Bright Pearl Dance. she received her Master's Degree of Dance in Higher Education at New York University. She has studied with some of the most prestigious dance artists in China since she was six and gained her Bachelor's Degree in Dance Performance at the Central University for Nationalities. In addition, she has received numerous awards and recognitions in both national and international dance competitions. Na Jin is currently a member of the National Dance Education Organization. She has taught dance classes at the China Institute in NYC. She has also performed with and choreographed for the Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company. Na Jin is a master teacher and adjudicator for various national dance competitions and festivals and has extensive experience in organizing and teaching dance workshops.
Mandarin Faculty
Yan Pan obtained Certificate of Bilingual Early Childhood Education from Urbain College of Boston. Ms Pan has successful experience of teaching in Elementary school more than 20 years in China and US, and was awarded"Excellence in Teaching" for exceptional teaching skill. Ms Pan advocated innovation and revolution in education, and adapted creative and attractive educational methods to draw students' interests, which received warm welcomes from students and their parents.
Mrs. Marina Fang Wang is a Chinese Mandarin teacher at Bright Pearl Academy. She received her MBA degree and HR management graduate certificate from Framingham State University. After more than ten-years as a Chinese teacher in the United States, she joined the afterschool enrichment program at Bright Pearl Academy. She also holds a specific teaching second language certificate from University of Massachusetts. In 2018, the Association of Chinese Schools Teacher Merit Award was also given to her. She is from Beijing and speaks standard Mandarin. Her teaching goal is to always motivate students to be interested in learning Chinese. She is good at teaching Yangyang Chinese and Ma Liping Chinese lessons as well as English public speaking and writing.
Dance Faculty
Hanna Yu, an international artist and dance instructor, works in Bright Pearl Dance Arts Academy as dancer instructor and choreographer. In 2012, she was invited to Mesa College, Dobson High School, and Confucius Institute in Arizona as a dance instructor. She got Second Prize in the Busan International Cultural Exchange Talent Contest of Korea in 2013. Meanwhile, she was invited to the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China Celebration in Korea as a Chinese Dancer. She has been teaching Chinese traditional dance, Chinese folk dance, ballet, and modern dance during weekend in different dance studio and schools while she was in China, such as Youth Center of Chaoyang district at Beijing, Beijing Forty-four East Primary School, and Beijing Hu Jialou Primary School. She has instructed Forty-four East Primary School received the First Prize in No. 18 Beijing Students Arts Festival. She performed in the “Enjoy Excellence of Chaoyang District in CBD” Art Performance held by Beijing TV Station as the guest performer due to she got the First Prize of Performance and First Prize of Creation in Huabei Five Provinces Dancing Contest in 2012. She is a very diverse teacher and loves working with students of all ages and abilities.
Fine Arts Teacher
Lynn Ma has been engaged in children art education for more than18 years. Before she came to the United States, she was employed in the Guangdong, China public school system for 13 years, teaching art classes to elementary students. During her time in China, Lynn also was an art teacher worked at the Children’s Palace of Guangdong, China. She enjoys teaching students about art and its connections to our surrounding world. It is her intention to encourage students to develop an appreciation for the arts through exposure to a variety of media and hands-on activities, so students can use these experiences as a positive outlet to express themselves. In her classroom, students are provided a framework to improve their art making and communication skills while learning about how other artists have responded to "Big Idea" topics throughout the years. Students have art making options and are encouraged to pursue projects that are personally engaging and challenging. Lynn hopes to build an art exchanging platform between China and the western world and to cultivate a creative and artistic thinking through art.