Theater
Taipei Crossover Dance Company’s (台北越界舞團) Spring Tour (春季巡迴) will feature three performances. The first, A Short Life (浮生), is dedicated to the memory of Lo Man-fei (羅曼菲), a founding member of the company who passed away in 2006. To Wait (等待) uses movement to explore the anxiety and anticipation brides and grooms feel before getting married. The third and final instalment of the evening’s three performances, Northern Lights (極光), evokes flickering lights.
▲ Kaohsiung Tsoying Senior High School Dance Hall (高雄左營高中舞蹈劇場), 55 Haigong Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市海功路55號)
▲ Tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$250 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Avenue Q (喜樂社區) by Glorious Theater Company (耀演劇團) is based on the Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. The set and puppets are inspired by the children’s television show Sesame Street, but the themes are adult-oriented and address serious topics such as racism, pornography and homosexuality. The show, geared toward adults, includes full-puppet nudity.
▲ Performing Arts School 36 (表演36房), 156-1, Muxin Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市木新路二段156-1號)
▲ Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm. (Note: Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon performances are sold out)
▲ Tickets are NT$500 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Dubbed the first Broadway-style Hakka musical, My Daughter’s Wedding (福春嫁女) is based on William Shakespeare’s classic, The Taming of the Shrew. It tells the story of a successful career woman who is skeptical of love and fears marriage. No man dares approach her because of her rudeness — except one, who tries to win her heart by unusual means.
▲ Miaoli County Cultural Center Performance Hall (苗栗縣文化局演藝廳), 50 Tzuchih Rd, Miaoli City (苗栗市自治路50號)
▲ Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$900 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Dance Shoe 2008 (2008點子鞋), an annual ballet series by the Kaohsiung City Ballet (高雄城市芭蕾舞團), features Awakening, a new work by Kaohsiung-based choreographer Dominique Yen (顏鳳曦), Winter by Tsai Po-cheng (蔡博丞), Wing (羽翼) by Chang Ya-ting (張雅婷) and Ballet Fantasy (芭蕾狂想) by Kao Hsin-yu (高辛毓).
▲ National Experimental Theater, Taipei City
▲ Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm. (Note: Tomorrow’s performance is sold out)
▲ Tickets are NT$400 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
Grace Chung 2008 Piano Recital (鍾曉青2008鋼琴獨奏會) showcases the interpretive talents of Grace Chung (鍾曉青), who has won many international piano awards. She will perform a program that includes Berg’s Piano Sonata, Op. 1, Beethoven’s Eroica Variations in E Flat Major, Op.35, Bartok’s Suite, Op. 14, Barber’s Excursions, Op. 20 and Brahms’ Klaviestucke, Op. 119.
▲ Tonight at 7:30pm
▲ National Recital Hall, Taipei City
▲ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$600 and are available through ERA ticketing
Yu Flute Choir Premiere Flute Concert — Beauty and the Beast (游雅慧長笛藝術創團音樂會 — 美女與野獸) sees the emergence of a new musical grouping under the leadership of one of Taiwan’s best-known flautists Yu Ya-hui (游雅慧). In this first major concert since its formation last year, the Yu Flute Choir is joined by Huang Ruei-feng (黃瑞豐) on jazz drums, Sung Fu-ren (宋輔仁) on Latin drums and Lu Sheng-fei (呂聖斐) on keyboard, among others. With the addition of theatrical effects, the musicians will present a new interpretation of the music from Beauty and the Beast, as well as the compositions of Gary Schocker, Mike Mower, Claud Bolling and Raymond Guiot.
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