Mayo Clinic Dancers

Location
Mayo Clinic Campus
Rochester, Minnesota

Materials
Bronze sculpture

Overview

Mayo Clinic Dancers is a figurative sculpture celebrating movement and vitality.

Story of the Commission

The sculpture was created as a memorial to Janis Jensen Fleming, a beloved dance teacher.

Concept

The dancers embody grace, motion, and the expressive power of the human body, themes that resonate with both the arts and the healing environment of the Mayo Clinic.

Design Process

Freeman modeled the dancers in clay, focusing on gesture and balance before casting the figures in bronze.

Installation and Public Life Today

The sculpture remains part of the Mayo Clinic campus, where it offers a moment of beauty and reflection within the medical environment.