The clean lines of the dancer’s form in Flight In Attitude Column suggest purity and strength, with fingers elegantly outstretched and back arched, she is the embodiment of athletic perfection and artistic refinement. By respecting the exacting standards that rule a dancer’s life Richard MacDonald has been able to create sculptures that do justice to the excellence a dancer seeks with every position, every move, every day. Dancers look at the finished bronzes with a keen eye for detail and accuracy, and invariably pronounce—with satisfaction—that here is a sculptor aware of the subtleties they strive to achieve. Even those of us untrained in the finer points of classical dance have an immediate and innate understanding that these are ballerinas with authenticity and a convincing air of reality.