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
Date:
1979. Copyrighted 1979. Dedicated 1982
Notes:
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.
Image on file.
Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 168-169.
(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
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Summary:
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.
