[2] With its location between the downtown area, pedestrian bridge, and stadium, Ghost Ballet has the ability to be observed from many vantage points throughout the central business district of Nashville.

The Nashville Office of Arts and Culture describes Ghost Ballet's visuals as follows: "The main structure of the sculpture is comprised of arced, red-painted steel trusses that twist upward from the crane base to form a disconnected spherical shape.

Thematically combining historical elements of the city with this modern art piece continues with the incorporation of railroad-like twisted red metal that is the hallmark of the Ghost Ballet.

The flying trusses and bridgework, which form the compositional structure of the project, refer not only to the cranes that once occupied the site but also to the existing bridges, which span the river.

The flying trusses suggest that the viewer experience the entire site as a work of art ‐ a museum without walls.”[4] As Aycock stated when proposing the piece, the use of lighting throughout the structure is further meant to convey the idea of a “'ghost image' of the past as well as the visual manifestation of the energy of the present".

Mary M. Tinti stated the following in Women’s Art Journal: "Aycock's frustration with homogeneous design and rampant urban sprawl seen across America may have found another outlet here with Ghost Ballet.