Often frustrated by the many chores involved in public performance-soliciting commercial support, overseeing costume design, rehearsals-he tried to give up his undertaking.
林懷民回憶第一次公演後的情況說：「當時舞者對演出的成績極感興奮，渴望再接再勵闖下去。然而我自己卻退縮了。籌備公演的期間，我必須教課、編舞、排練、拉廣告、設計服裝… …，一切必須自己來，因為誰也沒有經營舞團的經驗。