THEATER
Mortal Engine by Australian dance group Chunky Move combines lasers and interactive imagery with the human body to portray solitude, intimacy, conflict and unity.
■ National Theater, Taipei City
■ Tomorrow at 2:30pm and 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.
Urban Ark Taipei (台北野人都市) by Clash Theatre Group (撞劇團) from Hong Kong examines capitalism’s absurdities through improvisation, storytelling, avant-garde photography and installation art.
■ Nanhai Gallery (南海藝廊), 3, Ln 19, Chongqing S Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市重慶南路二段19巷3號)
■ Tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$350, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
The 2010 Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Festival (第五屆蔡瑞月舞蹈節) focuses on ecological and environmental issues. Participating choreographers, dancers and groups include Orita Katsuko from Japan, Eleo Pomare of the US, Elizabeth Dalman from Australia and Taiwan’s Grace Hsiao Dance Theatre (蕭靜文舞蹈團).
■ Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Research Institute (蔡瑞月舞蹈研究社), 10, Ln 48, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市中山北路二段48巷10號)
■ Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
Dance Works’ (舞工廠舞團) Daydreamer (異響) augments tap dancing with theatrical lighting effects, techno beats and percussive music. The production crew includes percussion musician Wu Cheng-chun (吳政君) and multimedia artist Shih Wei-chieh (施惟捷).
■ Red House Theater (西門紅樓), 10 Chengdu Rd, Taipei City (台北市成都路10號)
■ Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$600 to NT$1,200, available through Hi-Life (萊爾富)
Life-ET and 7-Eleven ibon kiosks and NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Part of the Sixth Sense in Performance Arts Festival 2010 (第六種官能表演藝術祭), which is comprised of theatrical works that star disabled performers, Arari by South Korean choreographer Jung Seung-chun uses the language of traditional Korean dance to reveal the memories of an atomic bomb victim. A free performance of the show will be staged at the Losheng Sanatorium (樂生療養院) at 10:30am on Sunday.
■ Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre (牯嶺街小劇場), 2, Ln 5, Guling St, Taipei City (台北市牯嶺街5巷2號)
■ Tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
As part of the International Chopin Festival 2010 (20X10蕭邦CHOPIN國際音樂節), pianist Mikhail Rudy will perform two concerts. The program includes works by Scriabin and Mussorgsky, and of course, Chopin.
■ Sunday at 2:30pm (Taichung) and Wednesday at 7:30pm (Taipei)
■ Taichung Chungshan Hall (台中市中山堂), 98 Syueshih Rd, Taichung City (台中市學士路98號) and National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,400, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw. Also available through ibon, FamiPort and Life-ET kiosks
The Toyota Classics Series presents tenor Leonardo Melani and the Orchestra Citta di Firenze performing under conductor Lorenzo Castriota. The program features pieces from Handel, Rossini, Mascagni, Puccini and Luigi Denzo, among others.
■ Monday at 7:30pm
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,500, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
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