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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






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






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






4. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






6. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






7. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






8. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






10. Variation in volume






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






12. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. From Cuba






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






26. Consists of 8 notes






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






28. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






31. The movement of a point through space.






32. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






35. A ballroom dance from Argentina






36. Dominican Republic






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






38. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






40. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






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






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






45. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






48. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






49. Part of the stage closest to the audience






50. 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.