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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
movement
square dancing
Charleston
chord
2. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
square dancing
abstract art
unity
form
3. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
blocking
foxtrot
principles of art
artistic perception
4. Variation in volume
force/energy
dynamics
meringue
foxtrot
5. The brightness of color - its vividness
collage
mambo
intensity
solfege
6. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
repetition
chord
color
polka
7. Helps students see the connections among the arts
pacing
history of theater
connecting the arts disciplines
famous playwrights
8. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
theme
creative expression
swing
balance
9. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
arts and other core subjects
rhythm
force/energy
rhythm
10. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
waltz
space
rhythm
social dance
11. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
form
flamenco
rhythm
mystery plays
12. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
space
swing
interval
assemblage
13. Part of the stage closest to the audience
assessment of art
downstage
rhythm
syncopation
14. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
polka
harmony
history of theater
collage
15. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
force/energy
time
hue
movement
16. 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.
arts and other core subjects
balance
flamenco
rhythm
17. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
swing
cubism
mixed media
elements of dance
18. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
space
texture
arena stage
history of theater
19. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
time
twist
assessment of art
Charleston
20. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
Noh
waltz
aesthetic valuing
perspective
21. The tune of a song
elements of dance
creative expression
form
melody
22. A ballroom dance from Argentina
cubism
rhythm
upstage
tango
23. The practice of creating or performing works of art
creative expression
Charleston
form
form
24. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
samba
elements of music
abstract art
color
25. A ballroom dance from Argentina
polka
tango
chord
texture
26. The tactile quality of a work of art
assemblage
famous playwrights
texture
syncopation
27. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
dynamics
time
samba
emphasis
28. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
force/energy
chord
samba
Noh
29. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
assemblage
syncopation
chord
elements of music
30. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
waltz
pacing
flamenco
foxtrot
31. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
abstract art
performance dance
melody
32. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
twist
waltz
proscenium
movement
33. The practice of creating or performing works of art
creative expression
form
dance
theme
34. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
social dance
blocking
waltz
35. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
history of theater
rumba
swing
proscenium
36. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Kabuki
harmony
hue
unity
37. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
tango
subject-centered instruction
dominance
swing
38. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
dynamics
form
foxtrot
pacing
39. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
flamenco
connecting the arts disciplines
abstract art
tango
40. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
cubism
salsa
melody
solfege
41. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
collage
dominance
assessment of art
time
42. The movement of a point through space.
mie
theme
form
melody
43. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
rhythm
rhythm
artistic perception
types of visual arts
44. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
intensity
foxtrot
rhythm
syncopation
45. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
chord
mie
time
color
46. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
foxtrot
samba
elements of dance
polka
47. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
mambo
harmony
famous playwrights
rumba
48. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
connecting the arts disciplines
hanamichi
performance dance
form
49. Dominican Republic
meringue
Noh
intensity
square dancing
50. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Noh
Kabuki
color
subject-centered instruction