Dancing in Decatur
Also known as Robert and Sophia
A bronze couple mid-Charleston in the courtyard at Roaring Social on West Ponce de Leon Avenue — she in a fringed flapper dress and ropes of pearls, he in a boater, their joined hands the only thing holding the two of them upright. The plaque reads "Dancing in Decatur — Robert and Sophia Evans, 1920", naming the couple and the era the piece portrays rather than the year it was cast. The sculptor is not named on the plaque: it is Martin Dawe of Cherrylion Studios in Atlanta, who also made the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at the Georgia State Capitol. Roaring Social's founders imagined Robert and Sophia as figures of "celebration, connection, memory making" — the same pair stands outside their Alpharetta room, cast four years earlier. Dawe's clay maquette for the two figures, and the studio stages between that model and the finished bronze, are in the gallery below.
- Sculptor
- Martin Dawe
- Made
- 2025
- Material
- Bronze
- Where
- Decatur, Georgia, United States
- Coordinates
- 33.77571, -84.29680 — open the map
3 photographs of this sculpture — see the gallery below.
Do you recognize the dance?
We have not filed this one under a style. Plenty of sculptures show dancing without showing a particular dance — but if you can see a form here, telling us connects this sculpture to everything else we hold on it.
Questions
- Who sculpted Dancing in Decatur?
- Dancing in Decatur was sculpted by Martin Dawe.
- Where is Dancing in Decatur?
- Dancing in Decatur stands in Decatur, Georgia, United States.
- When was Dancing in Decatur made?
- Dancing in Decatur dates from 2025.
- What is Dancing in Decatur made of?
- Dancing in Decatur is a bronze sculpture.
- Can I use the photographs of Dancing in Decatur on this page?
- Each photograph carries its own credit and license in its caption. The main photograph is credited to Roaring Social (Used by permission). Check the caption before reusing any of them — the terms belong to the photograph, not to this page.
Gallery
3 photographs of Dancing in Decatur, sculpted by Martin Dawe, Decatur, Georgia, United States.
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