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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. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






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






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






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






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






7. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






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






11. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






12. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






14. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






17. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






20. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






22. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






23. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






25. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






29. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






32. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






35. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Dominican Republic






43. Variation in volume






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






45. The reason the work was created






46. The tune of a song






47. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






49. A collage in three dimensions






50. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form