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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






2. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






3. The movement of a point through space.






4. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






7. From Cuba






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






9. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






10. The reason the work was created






11. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






13. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork






14. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






15. The distance between each note






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






17. Dominican Republic






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






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






20. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






22. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






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






25. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






27. The tune of a song






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






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. Variation in volume






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






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






33. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






35. A collage in three dimensions






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






37. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






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






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






42. The tactile quality of a work of art






43. Where and when actors will move on stage






44. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






46. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good






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






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






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






50. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.







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