Dancer's Series: Steps

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Dancer's Series: Steps
Part of Dancer's Series - Steps, in Seattle.jpg
The 'tango' part of the sculpture, 2022
Dancer's Series: Steps
Artist
  • Jack Mackie
  • Charles Greening
Year1979 (1979)
TypeSculpture
MediumSculpture: bronze
Base: concrete
Condition"Well maintained" (1995)
Location Seattle, Washington, United States
Coordinates 47°37′16″N122°19′15″W / 47.62111°N 122.32083°W / 47.62111; -122.32083

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] [3]

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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. [1]

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. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dancer's Series: Steps, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  2. Murakami, Kery (April 3, 2006). "The story behind the steps in the sidewalk". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. "When a Seattle artist installed sidewalk dance steps, everybody was watching". The Seattle Times. 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2025-01-28.