Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles partners with Western Arts Alliance (WAA) to present a series of webinars titled as “THE NEXT STAGE: Essential Issues in Performing Arts Creation, Presentation, and Engagement” in 2021. The first webinar, “Creation in Isolation - Adversity Meets Innovation”, was held at 4:00 pm PST on April 26. Cheng Tsung-lung (Artistic Director, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan), Farooq Chaudhry (Executive Producer, Akram Khan Company), and Aditya Prakash (Artist, Aditya Prakash Ensemble) were invited to talk with moderator Chris Lorway (Executive Director, Stanford Live) through Zoom.