Forming part of the National Center for Traditional Arts (along with Yilan Park and Kaohsiung Park), the Taiwan Traditional Theater Center is home to the Guoguang Opera Company, the National Chinese Orchestra, and Taiwan Music Institute. The center includes a performance hall, a theater, music library, and should make it to your list if you […]
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Taipei Eye is a theater where traditional Chinese and Taiwanese performing arts are displayed. For a glimpse into the way that traditional creative arts are being preserved for future generations, artists deliver 90 minute shows that combine Peking Opera, folk arts and music, acrobatics, indigenous music and dance, and many other traditional forms of opera. […]
READ MORENational Taichung Theater
Now officially referred to as the National Taichung Theater, this visually distinctive building is highly regarded for its most unusual architecture. Of course the building’s theaters are impressive, however, it is the design both inside and out which earned it the nickname ‘Sound Cave’, that makes a visit to National Taichung Theater worthy of a […]
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Officially opened in 2018, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts is also known as Weiwuying, a name it earned because of its location on a former military compound. A massive arts complex that houses the opera house, concert hall, playhouse, and recital hall, this 14,000 square meter building is also located next to an outdoor […]
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Taipei Arena, which also goes by the moniker ‘Taipei little big egg’, is a local landmark and Taiwan’s answer to Hong Kong’s Coliseum. With capacity for a 15,000 plus crowd and originally designed as a venue for sporting events like baseball, Taipei Arena has really gained its reputation by hosting music and other performing art […]
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For a contemporary expression of traditional Chinese architecture, visit the National Theater and Concert Hall. With its architectural design replicating that of traditional buildings, the National Theater and Concert Hall is certainly one of Taipei’s landmarks. The art center was established in 1987 and includes two main venues: A concert hall (in which resides the […]
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