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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

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






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






3. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. The juxtaposition of opposites






16. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






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






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






22. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






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






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






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






27. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






28. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






29. The distance between each note






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






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






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






33. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






34. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






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






38. Dominican Republic






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






40. The reason the work was created






41. 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.






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






43. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






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






47. Variation in volume






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






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






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