In order to promote the standard of local ballet further, the Taipei City Government allocated some NT $ 1.4 million (US $ 40,000) to enable the Yao Ming-li Ballet Troupe to perform Tchaikovsky's famous work in its entirety in the festival, with the Taipei City Symphony Orchestra playing the music.
這次台北市政府耗資新台幣一百四十萬元，以全本的「天鵝湖」做為音樂季的第一砲，並且完全由國人自己演出，實在具有歷史性的意義。這是國內舞蹈界一次勇敢的嘗試和突破，同時證明我國的文化、經濟、藝術等各種條件已能充分配合，足以演出這齣大規模的芭蕾舞劇。