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ABOUT MULAN FITNESS & ART SCHOOL
木兰健身艺术学校

木兰健身艺术学校是一所新颖的，独具东方特色的健身艺术学校，它集健身，形体，舞蹈和音乐为一体，学校位于美国康州中南部耶鲁大学附近。

木兰健身艺术学校以弘扬中华传统文化；培养健身艺术人才为宗旨。自2015年9月创办以来，受到各界健身艺术爱好者的喜爱。学校主要健身训练内容有：健身舞、形体舞、古典舞、民族舞、戏曲基本功、木兰拳，筋络瑜伽和声乐等。培训教学旨在强身健体、陶冶情操。

学校经常率领全体学员走出校门，前往纽约、波士顿等地区，参加各地举办的中华民族艺术节。活跃在耶鲁、哈佛等大中小学及周边社区的舞台上。多次慰问养老院，为老人们送上我们的表演，送上我们的爱心。几年来，学校带领学员们用实际行动宣传木兰精神，传承弘扬中华文化。

The Mulan Fitness Art School is a school that strives to promote not only fitness, but also traditional Chinese dance styles. Here, students will learn square dancing, Chinese folk dancing, body shaping dancing, and qipao model training alongside the school’s titular form, Mulan quan(a modern form of combination of tai chi , yoga and Martial Art designed for women).

Jichun often leads her students and members from Mulan Art School to participate in various local Chinese arts festivals at places such as New York, Boston and other surrounding areas. Active performing on stages at Yale, Harvard, other colleges, primary and secondary schools and surrounding community. She also made many performance efforts at surrounding nursing homes and brought those elderlies with love and laughter. Jichun and her students have proved their endless efforts in promoting the Mulan spirits and traditional Chinese culture with practical actions.

校长兼主教老师, 孙济春女士

自幼学戏，1976年2月进入湖北省武穴市文曲戏剧团任演员，主攻刀马旦和文武小生。经过多年的舞台专业训练，在唱做念打各方面均具有纯熟而扎实的表演功底，成为深受群众喜爱的文曲戏著名演员。

八十年代，她在大型古装戏《杨八姐救兄》、《白蛇传》、《薛丁山与樊梨花》等剧目中担任主要演员。她曾主演的《挡马》和《杀四门》，分别在湖北省专业戏曲艺术会演中荣获金奖。九十年代，她积极搜集、挖掘散落在民间的民曲、民舞、民谣、民谚等艺术，为抢救和保护民间文化做出了重大贡献。同时为传承和发展文曲戏立下了汗马功劳，被授予文曲戏传承人的荣誉称号。
孙济春现任中国民间文艺家协会会员；湖北省戏剧家协会会员；木兰拳国际高级教练；世界旗袍会康州纽黑文分会会长。近年来，她积极创办木兰健身艺术学校，拓展在美华人的艺术视野。除了传授表演技能外，还带领学员们服务社区，参加各种艺术节活动，在弘扬中华民族传统文化的实际工作中，做出了不懈的努力，取得了显著成绩。

ABOUT PRINCIPLE AND HEAD COACH

Ms. Jichun Sun - the principle and head coach of Mulan Art School started her training as Mulan Art performer since her early childhood. In February 1976, Jichun started her career as a professional performer at the Wenqu Opera House specialized in ‘martial role’ and ‘round female role/lead’. Benefiting from her years of stage experience, she has not only acquired all four performing techniques in Chinese traditional operas (considered the basics for an actor: singing, reciting, acting and martial arts performing) but also well acquainted solid performing skills. Thus, Jichun has become one of the popular favorite actress in the field of Wenqu Opera.

In the 80s, she has served as the main actress in many Wenqu Opera performances, especially in those large-scaled costume dramas including ‘Ms. Yang Eighth Saving Brothers’, ‘Lady White Snake’ and ‘Xue Dingshan and Fan Lihua’. Jichun’s performance in the drama of ‘Dangma’ and ‘Shasimen’ had awarded her with gold medals from professional Chinese traditional opera extravaganza in Hubei province, China. In the 90s, Jichun actively collect, compile, discover those vanishing folk songs, folk dances, folk rhyme and folk proverbs. Jichun has made significant contribution for saving and protecting those folk culture. Considering Jichun’s extraordinary contribution in both inheritance and development to Wenqu Opera, she was awarded with an honorary title - The Designated Wenqu Opera Inheritor.

Now, Jichun is a member of Chinese Folk Artists Association; member of Chinese Dramatists Association. She also serves as the president of the Cheongsam Association - New Haven chapter. As a senior Mulan Art coach, Jichun has been actively involved in the Mulan Art School operations. Other than coaching Mulan Art, Jichun also actively involved in community services with her Mulan Art School members, participating in various arts festival activities. Jichun has made remarkable achievements in the continuing efforts to promote traditional Chinese culture in the State of Connecticut.

Enjoy!
Ms. Jane Sun
Principle & Head Instructor