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Mackie, Jack,
Greening, Charles,
Makers Architecture and Urban Design,
Performing Arts -- Dance
Performing Arts -- Dance
Performing Arts -- Dance
Performing Arts -- Dance
Performing Arts -- Dance
Performing Arts -- Dance
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Relief
Site-specific
Sculpture
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
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