It's a long way from "getting rich on creativity." Yet according to statistics on government-supported dance troupes, of the nation's 96 professional dancers, 35 work for Cloud Gate.
然而，根據去年文建會國家扶植團隊資料顯示，全國專職的九十六位舞者中，雲門佔了三十五位，而包括越界舞團羅曼菲、當代傳奇吳興國、太鼓踏舞團林秀偉、光環舞集劉紹爐、優劇場黃志文等，都曾經是雲門的舞者，雲門對於台灣舞蹈家的培養功不可沒。