The National Concert Hall is one of two monumental traditional Chinese buildings facing each other across the avenue at Liberty Square in Taipei. Its elaborate architecture frames a public plaza that Ever and her companions use as an unexpected rehearsal space, placing their informal practice amid the city’s grand cultural landmarks.

Setting and Architecture

The National Concert Hall stands opposite the National Theater, with each building raised on a platform reached by wide stone steps. Red columns support two-tiered orange roofs, whose swallowtail corners carry rows of dragons, phoenixes, and other mythological Chinese creatures. The buildings face one another across the avenue leading toward the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, making the hall part of an imposing architectural ensemble within the vast public square.

The Rehearsal at Liberty Square

During an outing to Liberty Square, Ever guides the girls up the National Theater’s steps to its deck, where glass doors reflect them like ballet-studio mirrors. The nearby National Concert Hall is part of the same setting: a formal arts complex whose scale and ornament contrast with the group’s casual purpose. Posters for a Beijing opera and a Juilliard string quartet advertise performances at the theater, underscoring the site’s connection to public performance as Ever sees a fitting place for the girls to rehearse. The hall’s presence helps turn the plaza from a backdrop into a stage-like setting for their practice.