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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






4. Helps students see the connections among the arts






5. The tune of a song






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






7. A distinctive quality to the sound






8. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






9. 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.






10. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time






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






12. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






23. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






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






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






26. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






27. Dominican Republic






28. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






30. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






31. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






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






33. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time






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






35. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






38. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






39. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






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






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






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






45. The reason the work was created






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






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






48. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






49. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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