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Inspired by Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire, Compania Nacional de Danza’s modern dance piece Alas revolves around the character Damiel, an angel who longs to become human so that he can feel, sense and love. Nacho Duato, the troupe’s artistic director and an influential choreographer in Spain, plays Damiel and choreographs the piece.
▲National Theater, Taipei City
▲Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the latest installment of Tainaner Ensemble’s (台南人劇團) Shakespeare series, which started with Romeo and Juliet, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. The troupe is following the same approach that has proven successful in previous productions, updating the bard’s centuries-old scripts and localizing them to appeal to contemporary Taiwanese audiences. [See story on Page 15.]
▲National Experimental Theater,
Taipei City
▲Today at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
Based on Tennessee Williams’ play of the same title, The Glass Menagerie by Godot Theater Company (果陀劇場) stars veteran actress Tan Ai-chen (譚艾珍), seasoned stage actress Yan Chia-le (顏嘉樂) and television actor Shih I-nan (施易男).
▲Guoguang Hall (國光廳) in the Chinese Petroleum Building (中油大樓), 3 Songren Rd, Taipei City (台北市松仁路3號)
▲Today at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$800 to NT$2,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
The Comedy Club presents Baron and Servant (佑男爵與珊僕) featuring freestyle rapper Birdy and guitarist/funnyman Yellow Blue White (黃藍白) in a play about a young handsome master and his corruptible servant.
Multimedia performance art group lemieux.pilon4d art teams up with dancer and choreographer Peter Trosztmer to present Norman, an homage to pioneering filmmaker and animator Norman McLaren. Designed by multidisciplinary Canadian artists Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, the piece combines film, music and animation in a production that sees a single actor interacting with projected images. Trosztmer interviewed several of McLaren’s colleagues at Canada’s National Film Board, where McLaren worked for most of his life, to gain a deeper understanding of the man’s creative genius.
The interviewed subjects materialize throughout the performance to guide Trosztmer in his quest. A selection of about 30 works from McLaren’s corpus, some of them never before seen, underscore the testimonies and allow Trosztmer to communicate what he learned about McLaren’s life.
▲National Theater, Taipei City
▲March 12 to March 14 at 7:30pm and March 15 at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing
▲Comedy Club, B1, 24 Taihsun St, Taipei City (台北市泰順街24號B1)
▲Today, tomorrow and Sunday at 8pm
▲Tickets are NT$250 at the door, includes one drink
Divine Performing Arts, a New York-based Chinese dance and music company that aims to breathe new life into ancient Chinese art forms, brings to Taiwan its latest touring show of lavishly presented classical dance and music.
▲Chung Hsing University Huisun Auditorium (台中中興大學惠蓀堂), 250 Kuokuang Rd, Taichung City (台中市國光路250號)
▲Today at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$5,000, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
Classical
Curtain Up! — Highlights of the Musical (幕啟之時 — 歌舞劇精選) is a family-oriented concert by the Taipei Symphonic Band (台北青年管樂團). The music includes selections from Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, The Lion King, Sunset Boulevard and Alfred Reed’s Curtain Up!
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲Novel Hall (新舞台), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號)
▲Tickets are NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Taipei Science Fiction (科幻北市國) has the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (臺北市立國樂團) under conductor Li Ying (李英) and in conjunction with Music Forum (十方樂集) presenting a program of new works by local composers designed to showcase the potential of traditional Chinese orchestral music.
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98 Yenping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
▲Tickets are NT$200 to NT$1,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
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