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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






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






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






4. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






7. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.






8. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






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






11. A ballroom dance from Argentina






12. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






13. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






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






17. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence






18. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






19. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity






20. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






21. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.






22. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






23. The practice of creating or performing works of art






24. Helps students connect the critical thinking skills and information they learn in the arts to such subjects as literature - science - and especially history and social science.






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






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






27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






28. Variation in volume






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






30. Consists of 8 notes






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






32. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence






33. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






34. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms






35. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)






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






37. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






38. The tune of a song






39. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






40. The distance between each note






41. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity






42. Dominican Republic






43. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






44. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






48. Part of the stage closest to the audience






49. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






50. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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