‘Seminar in Asia’ offers twelve up-and-coming young stage practitioners a platform for in-depth exchange in both theoretical and practical fields. Twelve young artists from eight countries are selected by institutional partners and given the possibility to participate in ten intensive days of discovery: accompanied by a coach, they watch and discuss a wide array of performances, meet professional theatre practitioners from all over the world and take part in debates with local artists, critics and other cultural operators and specialists.

The first edition took place in Singapore in 2017, in collaboration with Singapore International Festival of Arts; since 2018, ‘Seminar in Asia’ is organised in Taipei during Taipei Arts Festival.

Seminar in Taipei is an initiative of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, in partnership with the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan, Korea Arts Management Service, the National Arts Council of Singapore, and The Saison Foundation of Japan, realised in collaboration with the Taipei Performing Arts Center.