Theater & dance
Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori and his dance troupe Noism make their Taiwan debut with Nina as part of the National CKS Cultural Foundation’s Window on Japan series. In this contemporary dance production, five female performers are first seen being manipulated by their male counterparts before they begin to break away from their objectified bodies.
■ National Theater, Taipei City
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
2009 Kuandu Arts Festival (2009 關渡藝術節) continues this weekend with a series of dances and performances including Dark Eyes Performance Lab’s (黑眼睛跨劇團) rendition of Scottish playwright David Harrower’s Blackbird (today, tomorrow and Sunday), which raises questions about morality through the tale of a pedophile and his victim, and solo performances Ulysses (tomorrow and Sunday), by French choreographer Maxime Iannarelli, and Solos (today, tomorrow and Sunday), by Israeli choreographer Arkadi Zaides. On the Net: kdarts.tnua.edu.tw/festival.
■ Performances are being held at the Taipei National University of the Arts’ (國立臺北藝術大學) Dance Theater (舞蹈廳) and Huang Shan Theater (荒山劇場), 1 Xueyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市學園路1號)
■ Tickets are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
■ For complete information on performance times, venues and ticket prices, see the festival’s program (Chinese only), at kdarts.tnua.edu.tw/festival/file/0910_small.pdf
Adapted from Aalst by Belgium stage director Pol Heyvaert and writer Dimitri Verhulst, Play Reading #1 — Blind Love (讀劇檔案#1 — 誰殺了我的孩子) tells the chilling story of the murders of two young children by their parents. The original script is based on a real event that took place in Aalst, Belgium, in 1999.
BY DAVID CHEN
Mando-pop singer David Tao (陶吉吉) is in Kaohsiung tonight to kick off a mini-tour in support of his latest album, 69 David Tao (69樂章). The shows, which are being billed as the DT in Space — The Rock and Talk Show, take place in Taichung tomorrow, Hsinchu on Sunday and Taipei on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24.
The album title refers to Tao’s birth year, 1969, as well as the rock sound he favors over his typical R ’n’ B sound on the new album. On a recent blog entry, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter riffs on the 1969 theme, waxing nostalgic over the first moon landing, 1960s counterculture, Woodstock and the Beatles, ending with a cryptic query for fans: “Where were you in 1969? Where are you, today?”
▲David Tao in Concert
▲7:30pm tonight at Kaohsiung Cultural Center’s Chih-teh Hall (高雄市立文化中心至德堂), 67 Wufu 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, (高雄市五福一路67號); 7:45pm tomorrow at Chung Hsing University Huisun Auditorium (台中中興大學惠蓀堂), 250 Guoguang Rd, Taichung City (台中市國光路250號); 7:45pm Sunday at Hsinchu County Stadium (新竹體育館), 2, Guangming 6th Road, Sec 1 East, Hsinchu City (竹北市光明六路東一段2號); 7:45pm Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 at Taipei International Convention Center (台北國際會議中心) 1, Xinyi Rd Sec 5, Taipei City (台北市信義路五段1號)
▲Tickets are NT$800 to NT$4,200, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
■ Eslite Xinyi Store (誠品信義店), 11 Songgao Rd, Taipei City (台北市松高路11號)
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 8pm
■ Tickets are NT$400, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Fox Tales (狐仙故事) by Guoguang Opera Company (國光劇團) is a heartbreaking story of love between a human woman and a male fox spirit that spans two lives.
■ Metropolitan Hall (城市舞台), 25, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段25號)
■ Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,500, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
The Puppet & Its Double Theater (無獨有偶工作室劇團) teams up with theater director Baboo and up-and-coming stage actor Derrick Wei (魏雋展) to present Der Schonste Moment, a one-man show that’s a rendition of German writer Michael Cornelius’ novel of the same title.
■ Experimental Theater, Taipei City
■ Tonight 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.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
The Sound From an Ancient City — Flautando Koln (科隆木笛四重奏演奏會), a German flute quartet made up of Susanne Hochscheid, Ursula Thelen, Kerstin de Witt and Katharina Hess, begins their three-city Taiwan tour this weekend.
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm (Kaohsiung), Sunday 2:30pm (Taichung), Wednesday 7:30pm (Taipei)
■ Kaohsiung Cultural Center’s Chih-teh Hall (高雄市立文化中心至德堂), 67 Wufu 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, (高雄市五福一路67號); 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
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