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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






2. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






3. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






6. The juxtaposition of opposites






7. Consists of 8 notes






8. The movement of a point through space.






9. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






10. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






12. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






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






16. Dominican Republic






17. Variation in volume






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






19. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






22. The reason the work was created






23. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






24. A ballroom dance from Argentina






25. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






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






27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






28. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






30. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The rate at Which music moves






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






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






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






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