Some dancers prefer Western ballet and modern dance and want to use Western approaches to increase the vocabulary of modern Chinese dance. Others have a belief and interest in the dance forms which have been handed down from generation to generation. They are not interested in Western dance and have dug deep into their own cultural roots.
有人喜愛西方的芭蕾或現代舞技巧，期望由外汲取養分，以豐富中國現代舞蹈的內容；但也有人對老祖宗留下來的民族舞蹈格外有興趣與信心，他們不假外求，從傳統根源去深深挖掘，許惠美就是一個典型的例子。