AUBURN - Cory Parsons, 9, and Calvin Laning, 10, happily joined in the dance, at times flapping their arms, moving their feet and laying on the ground.

Their performance, led by dancer Elizabeth Clark, was featured at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center on Sunday as part of the program, "Come Fly with Me."

After performing several solo dances, Clark had invited the boys to join her in dances representing airplane flight and a story about a raven. The performance was part of a series of events the center is holding as part of its current exhibit, "As the Crow Flies."

In one dance, Parsons and Laning portrayed a raven and a wolf in a story about how the raven brought water to all animals on earth. In the story, the raven stole water from the wolf, then flew away, its wings dripping water that formed rivers and streams.

"Just like a cloud, raven could move about wherever he pleased, unnoticed by anyone," Clark read. Laning, the raven, quietly moved toward Parsons as a sleeping wolf, stealing its water.

"It was kind of easy," Parsons said of his performance. "It was awesome."

Clark said she involves children because of their sense of freedom.

"Children just go so easily there," she said. "They love to move and dance. A lot of adults lose the desire to explore that way."

Clark works with the Rochester chapter of Young Audiences, a group that works with children in schools and elsewhere.

The event was part of an ongoing series of programs sponsored by the Schweinfurth to coincide with its exhibit on crows. Other events include storytelling, poetry readings and gallery talks.

Sunday#'s event, said Stephanie Schuster, the center's education coordinator, "was another opportunity to illustrate how crows have influenced different art forms. We#'re trying to illustrate and create opportunities for people to experience all kinds of art forms."