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Medgyessy created his bronze "Dancer" in the first half of the thirties. Twenty years later the Municipal Council commissioned a larger version of it and it was erected in Hevesi Sándor Square, Budapest. The smaller bronze has all the simplicity, naturalness, timelessness and static qualities of the larger version. The artists's fascination with Egyptian and ancient Greek art is quite apparent. He was mainly concerned with translating dance into free standing sculpture and with expressing the rhythmical movement of the silhouette. "Dancer" is a perfect sculptural rendering of rhythm, and can be considered the symbol of dance. Medgyessy's figures are sensitively modelled, whether clothed or nude. The "Dancer" is a young woman dressed in a fitting garment with many folds. She is turning her head to the right as well as her upper trunk, while her arms are held away from her body, the hands clasping a shawl. The whole statue has a beautiful continuous outline.
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