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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
salsa
hue
time
timbre
2. Where and when actors will move on stage
arena stage
time
social dance
blocking
3. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
harmony
assessment of art
intensity
perspective
4. Consists of 8 notes
octave
Charleston
form
Charleston
5. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
performance dance
perspective
interval
6. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
assessment of art
movement
rumba
waltz
7. A ballroom dance from Argentina
subject-centered instruction
performance dance
form
tango
8. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
history of theater
salsa
proscenium
value
9. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
square dancing
artistic perception
mie
hue
10. The distance between each note
Kabuki
aesthetic valuing
impressionist style
interval
11. Part of the stage closest to the audience
tempo
timbre
downstage
abstract art
12. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
Charleston
Kabuki
tango
samba
13. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
solfege
polka
elements of dance
arts and other core subjects
14. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
swing
Charleston
principles of art
syncopation
15. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
intensity
theme
rhythm
elements of music
16. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
artistic perception
square dancing
types of visual arts
rumba
17. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
impressionist style
melody
dynamics
18. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
shape
space
performance dance
Charleston
19. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
rhythm
downstage
space
dominance
20. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
chord
principles of art
aesthetic valuing
proscenium
21. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
interval
harmony
elements of music
emphasis
22. Helps students see the connections among the arts
mie
balance
connecting the arts disciplines
foxtrot
23. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
artistic perception
dominance
shape
24. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
force/energy
foxtrot
dominance
mystery plays
25. A distinctive quality to the sound
downstage
timbre
connecting the arts disciplines
mixed media
26. The distance between each note
dynamics
unity
dynamics
interval
27. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
perspective
mystery plays
elements of music
hanamichi
28. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
blocking
Charleston
dominance
famous playwrights
29. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
solfege
abstract art
space
chord
30. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
form
form
rumba
square dancing
31. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
shape
form
elements of dance
chord
32. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
space
square dancing
foxtrot
famous playwrights
33. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
intensity
types of visual arts
force/energy
social dance
34. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
repetition
elements of music
emphasis
history of theater
35. The tune of a song
melody
famous playwrights
contrast
space
36. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
emphasis
balance
proscenium
force/energy
37. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
twist
connecting the arts disciplines
square dancing
elements of dance
38. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
collage
syncopation
time
syncopation
39. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
polka
hue
Charleston
rhythm
40. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
time
space
force/energy
41. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
interval
elements of dance
arena stage
foxtrot
42. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
octave
hue
artistic perception
abstract art
43. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
tango
social dance
swing
theme
44. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
tempo
social dance
Noh
subject-centered instruction
45. Consists of 8 notes
perspective
octave
unity
mie
46. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
rhythm
interval
movement
pacing
47. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
waltz
connecting the arts disciplines
contrast
Kabuki
48. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
mystery plays
emphasis
social dance
connecting the arts disciplines
49. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
upstage
syncopation
color
chord
50. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
foxtrot
solfege
rhythm
texture