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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. A ballroom dance from Argentina
flamenco
artistic perception
chord
tango
2. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
hanamichi
chord
swing
subject-centered instruction
3. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
artistic perception
mixed media
Charleston
texture
4. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
mystery plays
melody
elements of dance
balance
5. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
polka
subject-centered instruction
perspective
collage
6. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
balance
solfege
dominance
elements of music
7. The rate at Which music moves
tempo
rhythm
impressionist style
swing
8. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
syncopation
color
dominance
unity
9. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
rhythm
shape
dynamics
famous playwrights
10. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
Charleston
dynamics
polka
artistic perception
11. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
principles of art
theme
color
interval
12. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
social dance
artistic perception
elements of music
repetition
13. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
emphasis
dance
rhythm
swing
14. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
arts and other core subjects
rhythm
movement
aesthetic valuing
15. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
swing
famous playwrights
mambo
harmony
16. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
square dancing
solfege
rumba
mambo
17. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
Charleston
pacing
polka
artistic perception
18. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
social dance
mystery plays
collage
flamenco
19. The movement of a point through space.
subject-centered instruction
form
twist
meringue
20. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
intensity
form
timbre
21. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
force/energy
intensity
famous playwrights
interval
22. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
waltz
pacing
form
repetition
23. Where and when actors will move on stage
harmony
solfege
blocking
dominance
24. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
hanamichi
elements of dance
force/energy
creative expression
25. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
subject-centered instruction
mie
artistic perception
downstage
26. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
Kabuki
waltz
hanamichi
impressionist style
27. The practice of creating or performing works of art
elements of dance
creative expression
performance dance
twist
28. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
space
waltz
emphasis
mie
29. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
value
proscenium
contrast
Kabuki
30. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
assessment of art
tempo
time
social dance
31. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
assessment of art
arena stage
abstract art
Charleston
32. The movement of a point through space.
emphasis
form
proscenium
emphasis
33. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
mystery plays
mie
shape
hanamichi
34. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
time
rhythm
impressionist style
square dancing
35. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
cubism
arena stage
balance
Kabuki
36. 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.
rumba
arts and other core subjects
flamenco
elements of music
37. A collage in three dimensions
hanamichi
assemblage
hue
square dancing
38. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
space
harmony
mixed media
proscenium
39. Variation in volume
dynamics
subject-centered instruction
meringue
upstage
40. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
aesthetic valuing
social dance
chord
mystery plays
41. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
hanamichi
dominance
syncopation
creative expression
42. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
types of visual arts
unity
history of theater
upstage
43. The brightness of color - its vividness
twist
rhythm
intensity
social dance
44. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
salsa
arena stage
performance dance
upstage
45. A collage in three dimensions
collage
upstage
Kabuki
assemblage
46. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
chord
assessment of art
twist
Charleston
47. From Cuba
mambo
dynamics
upstage
arena stage
48. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
collage
waltz
artistic perception
rhythm
49. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
assemblage
shape
solfege
balance
50. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
arts and other core subjects
dance
foxtrot
timbre