As with Richard MacDonald’s entire Cirque series, Transcendance has many layers of metaphor and meaning to challenge and intrigue viewers. Transcendance is a striking example of Richard MacDonald’s rare gift for capturing the power and vigor of an athlete. Richard MacDonald has taken this intensely dramatic moment and given it a resonant new meaning: this is the ultimate pose to demonstrate the strength of will and determination that gives all our actions strength. Transcendance is an eloquent statement about the human spirit.