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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






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






3. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. A distinctive quality to the sound






10. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






13. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






16. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






17. From Cuba






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






19. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






20. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






21. The tactile quality of a work of art






22. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






23. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






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






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






28. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






30. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Dominican Republic






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






39. A collage in three dimensions






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






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






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






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






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






45. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






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






49. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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







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