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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






2. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






3. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance






4. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.






5. A collage in three dimensions






6. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






7. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.






8. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






9. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






10. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning






11. The tune of a song






12. The tactile quality of a work of art






13. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy






14. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage






15. The tactile quality of a work of art






16. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






17. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






18. The juxtaposition of opposites






19. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent






20. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






21. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






22. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






23. The brightness of color - its vividness






24. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






25. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






26. A ballroom dance from Argentina






27. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art






28. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character






29. A ballroom dance from Argentina






30. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.






31. The rate at Which music moves






32. The reason the work was created






33. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)






34. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






35. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






36. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






37. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






38. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






39. The reason the work was created






40. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)






41. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






42. A distinctive quality to the sound






43. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.






44. Consists of 8 notes






45. Consists of 8 notes






46. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent






47. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






48. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






49. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






50. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art