In the view of Lin Hwai-min, taijiquan's basic methods provide a good physical vocabulary for dance, a vocabulary which Cloud Gate has been able to draw on for previous productions including "Adagietto" and "Nirvana."
雲門總監林懷民就表示，在他眼中太極拳的基本功法，本是很好的舞蹈肢體語彙。過去雲門所編〈流雲〉、〈涅槃〉等舞碼，許多肢體均源引自太極拳。