Join Flying Leap Productions for an interactive performance for families exploring nature and life cycles. Performed in English, Chinese, and Spanish!
The Garden is a 45-minute interactive, meditative performance for babies and their caregivers exploring themes of nature and life cycles through music, movement, and interactive sensory play, reconnecting with ourselves as a part of nature in New York City’s parks and green spaces.
Created by a team of expert early childhood educators and artists, in The Garden, we engage all our senses through natural objects from across NYC’s many public parks and greenspaces. Watch milkweed from Jamaica Bay float on the wind; feel the rough bark of sticks from Central Park; smell long pine needles from Greenwood Cemetery; hear the crunch of leaves from Inwood Hill and Snug Harbor; and while we play together, share a peaceful moment of presence with people at the very beginning of their own life cycle. Together, caregivers and babies experience a poetic meditation on liveness, nature, and growth, engaging with the cycles of the natural world with all five senses.
Cast:
The Garden is performed by 2 performers and 1 live musician, all of whom are artists as well as educators.
Logistics and Access:
The Garden is accessible to families in English, Spanish, and Mandarin, and to families with disabilities via a tactile interactive setting, and a chill out zone. The play has minimal text.
A map of the play’s location in the park will be provided before the performance, making it easy to find us. Families will be seated on picnic blankets in the grass, socially distanced. The performance takes place outdoors; please dress accordingly.
Covid Policies:
Every member of The Garden’s company has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including a booster shot. Performers and company members remain masked throughout interaction with audiences. We request that all adults present wear masks.
Audience:
0-6 year olds and caregivers
About Flying Leap Productions:
Flying Leap Productions is a non-profit producer of thoughtful, adventurous new performances that invites audiences of all ages across boundaries. Founded in 2017, Flying Leap is based in New York and has produced projects in both the US and UK.