Theater
To celebrate the Xiahai City God’s
(霞海城隍) birthday, five Taiwanese opera troupes are staging the 2009 Taipei Xiahai City God Temple Cultural Festival (台北霞海城隍文化季), a 15-day marathon of performances in Dadaocheng (大稻埕). For more information, visit www.tmseh.gov.tw.
▲Daily from 3pm to 5pm and 7pm to 9pm until June 14
▲Yongle Square (永樂廣場), 21, Dihua St Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市迪化街一段21號)
▲Free admission
From Barcelona’s gypsy quarter comes 13-year-old flamenco prodigy El Yiyo, who became a professional dancer at the age of 8. A question and answer session after tomorrow’s show will be a rare chance to meet and talk to Yiyo and the ensemble of award-winning flamenco musicians and dancers from Spain. [See story on Page 15.]
▲Tonight and tomorrow at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm (Taipei), Monday at 7:30pm (Pingtung) and Tuesday at 7:30pm (Chiayi)
▲Novel Hall (新舞台), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號); Pingtung County Art Center (屏東縣藝術館), 427, Heping Rd, Pingtung City (屏東市和平路427號); Chiayi Performing Arts Center (嘉義縣表演藝術中心), 265, Jianguo Rd Sec 2, Minsyong Township, Chiayi County (嘉義縣民雄鄉建國路二段265號)
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000 (Taipei), NT$200 to NT$800 (Pingtung) and NT$400 to NT$1,500 (Chiayi), available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
Land of Clouded Leopard (雲豹之鄉) sees choreographer Liu Feng-shueh (劉鳳學) team up with award-winning composer Gerland Shih (史擷詠), cinematographer Deng Wen-bing (鄧文斌) and an ensemble of 59 Aboriginal performers to tell the story of two Aboriginal baseball players’ pursuit of their dream against all odds. [See story Page 15.]
▲Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲National Theater, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Reflections (重返宓若思), the latest modern dance production by Sun-Shier Dance Theatre (三十舞蹈劇場), reflects on the myriad facets of femininity. [See story on Page 15.]
▲Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday
at 2:30pm
▲Experimental Theater, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$450, available
through NTCH ticketing or online at
www.artsticket.com.tw
Acme Physical Theatre’s (極至體能舞蹈團) unique dance production Puppet Ballet (掌中芭蕾) combines the tradition of Chinese hand puppetry with Western ballet. The performers assume different puppet roles and dance to a wide range of music, from traditional beiguan (北管) to electronica.
▲Tonight (Hsinchu) and tomorrow (Miaoli) at 7:30pm
▲Hsinchu Municipal Performance Hall (新竹市立演藝廳), 17, Tungta Rd Sec 2, Hsinchu City (新竹市東大路二段17號); 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)
▲Tickets are NT$300, available
through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical
Live from Buena Vista —
The Havana Lounge (樂士浮生錄—記憶哈瓦那) brings some of the biggest stars of Cuban music to Taiwan for three concerts in Taichung, Taipei and Tainan. The lineup includes vocals by Julio Alberto Fernandez Colina, Maria Victoria Rodriquez Sosa and Regla Teresa Garcia Caturla with an orchestra of outstanding instrumentalists.
▲Tuesday (Taichung), Wednesday (Taipei) and June 13 (Tainan) at 7:30pm
▲Taichung Chungshan Hall (台中市中山堂), 98 Syueshih Rd, Taichung City (台中市學士路98號); National Concert Hall, Taipei City; Tainan Municipal Cultural Center Performance Hall (台南市立文化中心演藝廳), 332, Jhonghua E Rd Sec 3, Tainan City (台南市中華東路三段332號)
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