Theater
Of Man and Object (人物語) is a modern dance performance by Taipei Dance Circle (光環舞集)that explores the relationship between man and the objects around him.
* Keelung Cultural Center (基隆文化局演藝廳), 181 Hsinyi 1st Rd, Keelung City (基隆市信一路181號)
* Today at 7:30pm
* Tickets are NT$200 to NT$400 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Quest for the Garden Saunter and the Interrupted Dream (尋找遊園驚夢) is a neo-classical Kun opera and will be performed by the Lanting Kun Opera Troupe (蘭庭崑劇團).
* Former 11th Air Force Village (新竹空軍十一村), inside Hsinchu Park (新竹公園)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm
* Tickets are NT$250 and are available through ERA ticketing
The Fabulous World of Otaku (宅男的異想世界) takes a tender look at the sub-culture of computer nerds and their difficulties communicating with the outside world.
* Performance Hall of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu County (新竹縣文化局演藝廳), 146 Hsiancheng 9th Rd, Chupei, Hsinchu County (新竹縣竹北市縣政九路146號)
* Tomorrow at 3pm and 7pm
* Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,200 and available through ERA ticketing at www.ticket.com.tw
A Doll House. Performed by Tellus Theater, the play was written in 1879 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and is a harsh criticism of Victorian marital life.
* Lien Te Vegetarian Restaurant (蘭德品素天地), B1, 82 Ningpo W St, Taipei (台北市寧波西街82號B1)
* Tomorrow at 6:30pm
* Tickets are NT$350 and are available through NTCH ticketing or www.artsticket.com.tw
Lotus in the Steppe (草原的白蓮), a touring performance of Mongolian dancing and throat singing by LOTOS (LOTOS 蒙古民族歌舞團) from the Republic of Kalmykia will take place in Taipei for Mother Day.
* Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (國父紀念館大會堂)
* Sunday 7:30pm
* Admission is free. Tickets will be offered on a first come, first serve basis and are available from the service counter on the west side of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall or from the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Cultural Center (蒙藏文化中心) located at 3, Ln 8, Qingtian St, Taipei (台北市青田街八巷三號) or call (02) 2351-4280
Classical Music
Chen Hsiao-lan and Kao Yu-ching Piano Duet Concert (陳曉蘭與高郁晶雙鋼琴之夜 and Tsai Yun-yen Piano Recital (蔡昀晏鋼琴獨奏會). Music Forum (十方樂集) in Taipei will present a piano duet concert performance featuring Chen and Kao tonight and a piano solo concert featuring Tsai on Sunday. For tonight's concert, Chen and Kao, classically trained at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music respectively, will present Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K.448 (375a), Ravel La Valse, Poeme Choreographique for Two Pianos, Barber No.2 "Schottische," No.3 "Pas de Deux," and No.5 "Hesitation Tango" from Souvenirs Suite, Op.28, and Rachmaninoff Suite No.2 for Two Pianos in C Major, Op.17. For the Sunday concert, Tsai, who is currently a senior at the Taipei National University of the Arts, will present a program of works, including Chopin Etude Op.10-12, Bach WTC Book I in E Major, Messiaen Ile de Feu, Wang Jian-zhong (王建中) Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon (彩雲追月), Schumann Kreisleriana, Op.16, Mozart Sonata in F Major, K.533 and K.494, and Beethoven Sonata No.32, Op.111.
* At the Forum Auditorium (十方樂集音樂劇場演奏廳), 4, Ln 187, Minzu W Rd, Taipei City (台北市民族西路187巷4號)
* All tickets cost NT$250 and are available through NTCH ticketing or call Music Forum at (02) 2593-5811
* Tonight and Sunday at 7:30pm
Natalia Gutman Cello Recital (顧德曼大提琴獨奏會). The most significant artistic influence on the musical personality of Russian cellist Natalia Gutman was her teacher Mstislav Rostropovich, who fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, and died last month at the age of 80. Gutman will dedicate her two concerts in Taipei and Taichung to Rostropovich. Partnered with pianist Viacheslav Poprugin, Gutman will present two concerts with two different programs. The program in the Taipei concert will include Dvorak Romantic Pieces, Op.75, Grieg Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op.36, Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op.19, and the program in the Taichung concert will include Tchaikovsky Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin," Op.24, Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104, and Richard Strauss?Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier".
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