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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The reason the work was created






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






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






4. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






6. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






7. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






8. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






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






12. From Cuba






13. Where and when actors will move on stage






14. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Variation in volume






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






24. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






27. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






29. Part of the stage closest to the audience






30. The distance between each note






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






32. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






33. Consists of 8 notes






34. The rate at Which music moves






35. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






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






39. The practice of creating or performing works of art






40. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






41. Variation in volume






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






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






44. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






45. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






46. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






48. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






50. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.