Welcome the Year of the Horse and celebrate Lunar New Year at Bryant Park! Join a ribbon dancing class, meet the NYCCC lions, and enjoy a Lion Dance and other performances by the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Join Cali Co Cat for a special Winter Storytime with meow-sic and books about celebrating the new year. Watch a Storytime on Ice performance featuring the Bryant Parkettes, make a wish on our Wishing Trees, and craft a lantern or Year of the Horse puppet to take home.
10:30am-11:30am: Winter Storytime with Cali Co Cat in Overlook
11:30am-1:30pm Wishing Tree on Blue Deck
11:30am-2pm Year of the Horse Arts & Crafts in Overlook
11:45am-12pm Meet the NYCCC Lions on Blue Deck
12pm-12:15pm Lion Dance Performance on Blue Deck
12:30pm-1pm Dance and Music Showcase by NYCCC in Overlook
1pm-1:45pm Ribbon Dance Workshops in Overlook
New York Chinese Cultural Center is a cultural and educational institution dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of Chinese arts in local and global communities since 1974. For almost five decades, NYCCC has offered professional quality classes, workshops, and performances in Chinese traditional dance, lion dance, martial arts and visual arts through our School of the Arts, Arts-In-Education program, and public and private engagements. We have engagements throughout the U.S. and our programs reach over 700,000 people every year. Dance China New York, our resident professional dance company, performs works that span across all categories of Chinese dance including folk, classical, and modern dance to preserve the Chinese cultural heritage while staying relevant today. NYCCC has been featured on nationally televised programs such as the National Geographic Today, the 73rd Annual Academy Awards, the PBS special The Chinese Americans, Good Morning America and Cheddar. Our students and teachers have been invited to audition for America’s Got Talent. Our former students have performed in Cirque Du Soleil’s KÀ and on TV shows like ABC’s Quantico.
