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 third event “Rethinking Residencies” took place virtually at 5PM PST on June 26th. The panelists Chou Tung-yen (Artistic Director of Very Theatre), Jaciel Neri (the founder of CAMP_iN), Reneltta Arluk (Director of Indigenous Arts at BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity), Rosie Herrera (Artistic Director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater) and Erin Boberg Doughton (Artistic Director & Curator of Performance at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art) talked with moderator Christopher K Morgan (Director of the Dance Residency Program at Art Omi) shared how to explore the residency as a sustainable model for artist and community-centered presenting.