Theater
Cendrillon is a modern version of the Cinderella story, but with a twist. In addition to using modern choreography, costumes and sets, the ballet presents the story through the eyes of a child. Performed by the world-renowned Lyon Opera Ballet, all characters on stage are dressed like dolls from a child's playroom and many of the props and set pieces look like toys. The various joys, fears and sources of contention experienced by the characters on the stage are similar to those that children feel when growing up. The performance is based on a composition by Sergei Prokofiev with choreography by Maguy Marin.
▲ National Theater, Taipei City
▲ Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$3,600 and are available through NTCH ticketing
German actress Anne Tismer comes to Taiwan as part of the National Theater's 2008 International Theater Festival and will present Gutes Tun 1.3, the story of two women who intend to do good by providing people with what they desire most. Those who want buns shall have them. Stewed apples, no problem. However, the two women are not very serious and spend most of their time in front of a cabin singing, joking and brawling. Though the characters might not bring happiness to the world, Tismer's snappy dialogue in this madcap comedy is sure to make audiences laugh.
▲ National Experimental Theater, Taipei City
▲ Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$800 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Taipei Crossover Dance Company's (台北越界舞團) Spring Tour (春季巡迴) features 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.
▲ Ilan County Cultural Affairs Bureau (宜蘭縣文化局演藝廳), 482 Zhongshan Rd Sec 2, Ilan City (宜蘭市中山路二段482號)
▲ Tomorrow at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$100 to NT$500 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Israeli director Hana Snir, in collaboration with Habimah National Theater and Cameri Theater, is staging an updated version of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone as part of the National Theater's 2008 International Theater Festival. The story revolves around Antigone, who defies human laws. She chooses to bury her fallen brother, though he has been declared an enemy of the state by her uncle and is ineligible for funeral rites. Snir's adaptation from a translation by Shimon Bouzaglo is notable for its dialogue that is delivered in the style of breaking news.
▲ National Theater, Taipei City
▲ Thursday at 7:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Classical music
Happy Birthday, Maestro Lim! A Musical Journey of 80 Years (NSO向大師致敬 ?林克昌八十年音樂之旅) is an occasion for the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) to pay its respects to conductor Lim Kek-Tjiang (林克昌). Lim, who has been praised as the ?riental Karajan,?will conduct the NSO in the second of two concerts today featuring pianist Jenny Lin (林佳靜). The program for today includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23 and Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64. There will be a pre-concert lecture in the first floor of the National Concert Hall's lobby, half-an-hour before the concert by Peng Kuang-lin (彭廣林).
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