Dancer's Series: Steps Explained

Dancer's Series: Steps
Type:	Sculpture
Material:	Sculpture: bronze Base: concrete
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
Condition:	"Well maintained" (1995)
City:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Coordinates:	47.6211°N -122.3208°W
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

Dancer's Series: Steps is an outdoor 1979 bronze sculpture series by artists Jack Mackie and Charles Greening, installed on the sidewalks of a nine-block stretch of Broadway between Pine and Roy streets in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The installation features nine dance patterns, some of which are "imaginary", inlaid in the sidewalk: Lindy, Mambo, Obeebo, Bus stop, Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, and Waltz. They are located between Roy and Pine streets on Broadway.

History

The installation was designed and copyrighted in 1979 and dedicated in 1982. It was surveyed and deemed "well maintained" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in April 1995.

See also

• 1979 in art

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dancer's Series: Steps, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. February 12, 2016. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064418/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!336376~!0#focus. live.
2. News: Murakami . Kery . April 3, 2006 . The story behind the steps in the sidewalk . . February 12, 2016 . April 2, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402113834/http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/The-story-behind-the-steps-in-the-sidewalk-1200133.php . live .