OUTDOORS
► Sirena a la Plancha, Sol Pico Dance Company (Spain). Feb. 19 at 8pm. Admission: free
► Ilisin-Amis Harvest Festival Dances, The Formosa Aboriginal Song & Dance Troupe. Feb. 20 at 6pm. Admission: free
THEATER
► 1433 — The Grand Voyage, Robert Wilson and U-Theatre (優人神鼓), Feb. 20 to Feb. 28 at the National Theater at 7:30pm. Admission: NT$600 to NT$3,600
► Emily Dickinson, Teatro la Candelaria (Colombia). March 12 and March 13 at 7:30pm and March 14 at 2:30pm at the Experimental Theater of the National Theater. Admission: NT$600. March 13 matinee is sold out
► Salt, Odin Teatret (Denmark). March 18 to March 21 at the Experimental Theater of the National Theater. Sold out
► Hamlet, Thomas Obstermeier and Schaubuhne am Lehniner Plaz (Germany). March 26 and March 27 at 7:30pm and March 26 at 2:30pm at the National Theater. Admission: NT$400 to NT$2,500
► M.E.D.E.A., Theater Unikate (Germany). March 26 to March 26 at the Experimental Theater of the National Theater. Sold out
DANCE
► Snow White, Ballet Preljocaj (France). March 4 to March 6 at 7:30pm at the National Theater. Admission: NT$900 to NT$3,600. A limited number of tickets are left for the March 5 and March 6 performances
► Schwanengesang (Swan Song), Lin Mei-hong and the Tanztheater des Staatstheaters Darmstadt (Germany). March 12 and March 13 at 7:30pm and March 14 at 2:30pm at the National Theater. Admission: NT$500 to NT$2,000
► Listening to the River, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (雲門舞集). March 18 to March 20 at 7:45pm and March 21 at 2:45pm at the National Theater. Admission: NT$400 to NT$2,000
MUSIC
► On the Road, conductor Chien Wen-pin (簡文彬), singers from Taiwan Colors Music, AM Family and the Nanwang Puyuma Community along with the National Symphony Orchestra. Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 at 7:30pm and Feb. 28 at 2:30pm at the National Concert Hall. Admission: NT$1,200 to NT$2,500
► The Blue Planet Live, composer George Fenton and the National Symphony Orchestra. March 5 and March 6 at the National Concert Hall. Admission: NT$1,200 to NT$2,500. Only NT$1,200 and NT$1,600 tickets are left for the performance on March 5
► Forlorn — A Rhyming Song for Lovers, Xinxin Nanguan Ensemble (心心南管樂坊). March 13 and March 14 at the National Recital Hall. Sold out
► Drum Beat, Heart Beat!, National Symphony Orchestra. March 19 at the National Concert Hall. Admission: NT$400 to NT$1,500
► Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍), composer Tan Dun (譚盾), National Symphony Orchestra and the Taiwan National Chinese Orchestra. March 26 at the National Concert Hall. Sold out
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