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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. A ballroom dance from Argentina






2. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






5. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






7. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






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






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






13. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






14. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line






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






16. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






17. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)






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






19. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






22. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)






23. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






25. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






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






27. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






30. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






32. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






35. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






36. 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.






37. A collage in three dimensions






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






39. Variation in volume






40. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






41. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






42. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






43. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






45. A collage in three dimensions






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






47. From Cuba






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






49. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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