Swan Lake Ballet Workshop

Pack a picnic, bring a blanket, and enjoy an afternoon of multicultural fun in Central Park's most intimate natural playground! 

A Clearing in the Forest is the Central Park Conservancy's series of FREE multicultural performances and family art workshops. Led by a range of established and emerging performing artists from some of New York City’s leading cultural institutions, and featuring live music and dance, puppets, storytelling, and crafts, these programs are fun for all ages.

Programs take place in The Peter Jay Sharp Children's Glade* and on the Great Hill. Enter Central Park at West 106th Street. For more information, please call (212) 860-1370, visit www.centralparknyc.org/clearing, or see the full schedule of programs below.

A CLEARING IN THE FOREST: SUMMER 2009 SCHEDULE

Saturdays on the Great Hill

• May 23, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Family Bash! with Bash the Trash
• June 20, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: "Swan Lake" Ballet Workshop with American Ballet Theatre
• July 11, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Great Jazz on the Great Hill co-presented by Jazzmobile
• August 15, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.: "Jazz on a Summer's Day" film screening co-presented by African Film Festival
• September 12, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: "Henry Hudson and the River that Discovered Him" large-scale puppet show with Arm of the Sea Theater

Sundays in The Children's Glade

• May 31, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: European Folktales with Ron Ropyla
• June 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: A Journey through Mexico with Mexico Beyond Mariachi
• June 28, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: African Dance Workshop with Live Percussion with Nafisa Shariff
• July 19, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Native American Stories, Song, and Dance with Leaf Arrow Storytellers
• July 26, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Ladybug One Songs with the Harmonica Pocket
• August 2, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Batsongs with Musical Mark
• August 9, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Picnic Playground Tour co-presented by Putamayo Records
• August 30, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Czech and Slovak Fairy Tales with Vít Hoøejš
• September 20, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Stories Under the Elm Trees co-presented by the Museum for African Art
• September 27, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Autumn in the Glade with Bobby Gonzalez

For more information, please call 212-860-1370, or visit the official A Clearing in the Forest website here: www.centralparknyc.org/clearing.

*The Children's Glade landscape and its ongoing maintenance and care are made possible by the Directors of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.