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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A distinctive quality to the sound
mixed media
emphasis
timbre
creative expression
2. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
intensity
types of visual arts
rhythm
social dance
3. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
hue
elements of music
dance
Kabuki
4. A ballroom dance from Argentina
tango
cubism
subject-centered instruction
space
5. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
mixed media
types of visual arts
famous playwrights
history of theater
6. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
abstract art
thrust stage
space
solfege
7. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
balance
theme
form
form
8. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
chord
upstage
rumba
principles of art
9. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
interval
blocking
rhythm
mie
10. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
mambo
repetition
texture
flamenco
11. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
theme
history of theater
downstage
mixed media
12. A ballroom dance from Argentina
meringue
melody
tango
elements of music
13. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
interval
intensity
principles of art
Charleston
14. A collage in three dimensions
arena stage
assemblage
mystery plays
rumba
15. The rate at Which music moves
tempo
creative expression
mixed media
proscenium
16. Helps students see the connections among the arts
octave
abstract art
connecting the arts disciplines
unity
17. A collage in three dimensions
famous playwrights
rumba
assemblage
collage
18. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
harmony
abstract art
color
dance
19. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
solfege
movement
pacing
hue
20. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
proscenium
intensity
form
movement
21. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
arena stage
upstage
harmony
mystery plays
22. The juxtaposition of opposites
connecting the arts disciplines
contrast
solfege
types of visual arts
23. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
melody
perspective
tango
Noh
24. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
famous playwrights
tempo
elements of music
space
25. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
timbre
samba
timbre
space
26. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
downstage
principles of art
arts and other core subjects
elements of dance
27. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
cubism
upstage
contrast
rhythm
28. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
twist
abstract art
solfege
29. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
assessment of art
movement
samba
harmony
30. Where and when actors will move on stage
syncopation
blocking
solfege
chord
31. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
samba
solfege
mie
movement
32. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
intensity
mixed media
foxtrot
dominance
33. 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
unity
contrast
assessment of art
34. The rate at Which music moves
blocking
dance
flamenco
tempo
35. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
rhythm
perspective
balance
blocking
36. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
mie
Noh
upstage
Kabuki
37. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
famous playwrights
timbre
abstract art
mie
38. Consists of 8 notes
time
blocking
social dance
octave
39. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
Kabuki
timbre
chord
mixed media
40. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
chord
repetition
downstage
hue
41. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
cubism
waltz
flamenco
polka
42. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
flamenco
balance
assemblage
connecting the arts disciplines
43. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
repetition
abstract art
flamenco
chord
44. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
melody
aesthetic valuing
tempo
square dancing
45. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
contrast
mambo
performance dance
interval
46. The brightness of color - its vividness
intensity
collage
hanamichi
impressionist style
47. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
Charleston
downstage
swing
flamenco
48. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
movement
intensity
proscenium
49. The reason the work was created
theme
mie
square dancing
aesthetic valuing
50. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
mystery plays
polka
Kabuki
subject-centered instruction