Dancer's Series: Steps
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- Jack Mackie
- Charles Greening}}
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| material = Sculpture: bronze
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| condition = "Well maintained" (1995)
| city = Seattle, Washington, United States
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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.{{cite web|title=Dancer's Series: Steps, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!336376~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=February 12, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064418/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!336376~!0#focus|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Murakami |first=Kery |date=April 3, 2006 |title=The story behind the steps in the sidewalk |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/The-story-behind-the-steps-in-the-sidewalk-1200133.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=February 12, 2016 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402113834/http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/The-story-behind-the-steps-in-the-sidewalk-1200133.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-22 |title=When a Seattle artist installed sidewalk dance steps, everybody was watching |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/when-a-seattle-artist-installed-sidewalk-dance-steps-everybody-was-watching/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}
Description
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
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References
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Category:1982 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:Bronze sculptures in Washington (state)
Category:Capitol Hill, Seattle
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Seattle
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