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Dancer's Series: Steps, (sculpture). Artist:  Mackie, Jack, 1946- , sculptor. Greening, Charles, 1949- , sculptor. Makers Architecture and Urban Design, design firm. Title:  Dancer's Series: Steps, (sculpture). Dates:  1979. Copyrighted 1979. Dedicated 1982. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  8 dances. Overall installation: five city blocks; Each footprint: approx. W. 10 in. Inscription:  (Bronze plaque in sidewalk on west side of Broadway, north end of installation:) the LINDY/slow slow quick.quick.slow slow.quick.quick/1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ( Bronze plaque on west side of Broadway:) OBEEBO/crossover & spin/slow.slow quick.quick.quick slow.slow/ 1234 1234 (Bronze plaque on west side of Broadway:) the MAMBO/slow.quick.quick.slow.quick.quick slow/123456 1 (Bronze plaque on west side of Broadway, south end of installation:) BUSSTOP/ (a variation on the)/slow.slow.slow slow.slow.slow/1 2 3 4 5 6/quick.quick.quick quick.quick.quick/1 2 3 4 5 6 (Bronze plaque in sidewalk on east side of Broadway, north end of installation:) FOXTROT WEAVE/1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 /slow.slow quick.quick.slow slow.quick.quick (Bronze plaque on east side of Broadway:) the RUMBA/quick.quick slow quick.quick. slow/1 2 3 4 5 6 (Bronze plaque on east side of Broadway:) the TANGO (Bronze plaque on east side of Broadway, south end of installation:) the WALTZ/slow.slow. slow slow.slow.slow/1 2 3 4 5 6 (Each bronze footprint has a number and the letter 'L' or 'R') (At the bottom of each dance step plaque:) City of Seattle Engineering Urban Spaces Project./in cooperation with the Seattle Arts Commission./Jack Mackie Chuck Greening--Artists unsigned Description:  Installation of eight different dance patterns inlaid in the sidewalk, four on each side of a five block length of city street. Each pattern consists of bronze relief numbered footprints and directional arrows for performing the basic moves of the dance. The dances, some of which are imaginary, are: Lindy, Mambo, Obeebo, Busstop, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, and Waltz. Subject:  Performing Arts -- Dance -- Lindy Performing Arts -- Dance -- Mambo Performing Arts -- Dance -- Foxtrot Performing Arts -- Dance -- Rumba Performing Arts -- Dance -- Tango Performing Arts -- Dance -- Waltz Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Relief Site-specific Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located East Broadway between East Pine & East Roy, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The sculpture was funded by the Broadway Local Improvement District and Seattle Engineering Department One Percent for Art program. Mackie was assisted in creating the dance steps by Greening. Makers design firm assisted in placement. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 151. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 168. Illustration:  Image on file. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 168-169. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS WA000535   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000535 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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