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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






2. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






5. From Cuba






6. 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.






7. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






10. Where and when actors will move on stage






11. The distance between each note






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






13. The rate at Which music moves






14. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






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






16. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






19. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






20. The movement of a point through space.






21. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






22. A collage in three dimensions






23. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






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






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






26. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






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






28. The tune of a song






29. Variation in volume






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






31. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






32. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time






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






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






35. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






37. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






40. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






41. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






42. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






43. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






45. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






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






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






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






49. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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