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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. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
timbre
rhythm
thrust stage
artistic perception
2. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
Kabuki
elements of music
Noh
mie
3. The movement of a point through space.
form
time
meringue
chord
4. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
rumba
upstage
performance dance
theme
5. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
force/energy
creative expression
rumba
foxtrot
6. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
types of visual arts
subject-centered instruction
force/energy
chord
7. The juxtaposition of opposites
balance
famous playwrights
contrast
dynamics
8. 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
connecting the arts disciplines
square dancing
elements of music
9. The rate at Which music moves
dance
emphasis
tempo
proscenium
10. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
pacing
movement
assessment of art
11. 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.
perspective
arts and other core subjects
solfege
arena stage
12. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
famous playwrights
assessment of art
connecting the arts disciplines
13. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
interval
salsa
perspective
dominance
14. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
mystery plays
rumba
abstract art
perspective
15. The rate at Which music moves
Charleston
abstract art
tempo
interval
16. The brightness of color - its vividness
intensity
color
perspective
performance dance
17. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
social dance
form
movement
mystery plays
18. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
salsa
foxtrot
flamenco
19. 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
solfege
color
connecting the arts disciplines
20. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
waltz
melody
intensity
21. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
mie
famous playwrights
dance
mixed media
22. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
samba
upstage
space
solfege
23. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
salsa
principles of art
salsa
force/energy
24. The tune of a song
rhythm
melody
cubism
thrust stage
25. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
repetition
connecting the arts disciplines
chord
solfege
26. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
hanamichi
force/energy
emphasis
upstage
27. 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
upstage
rumba
repetition
28. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
flamenco
tango
theme
thrust stage
29. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
pacing
tempo
shape
hanamichi
30. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
waltz
harmony
performance dance
melody
31. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
dominance
pacing
mie
rhythm
32. Consists of 8 notes
twist
mystery plays
arts and other core subjects
octave
33. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
chord
principles of art
value
tempo
34. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
principles of art
Kabuki
artistic perception
syncopation
35. Variation in volume
dynamics
swing
proscenium
meringue
36. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
collage
assessment of art
hue
impressionist style
37. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
time
Noh
contrast
Kabuki
38. Variation in volume
waltz
dynamics
mystery plays
blocking
39. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
elements of dance
upstage
arts and other core subjects
elements of music
40. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
tempo
cubism
elements of music
thrust stage
41. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
pacing
perspective
assessment of art
timbre
42. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
form
melody
artistic perception
dynamics
43. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
assemblage
value
artistic perception
44. A distinctive quality to the sound
foxtrot
timbre
history of theater
octave
45. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
square dancing
melody
thrust stage
arena stage
46. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
mystery plays
unity
elements of dance
impressionist style
47. The practice of creating or performing works of art
dynamics
creative expression
history of theater
mixed media
48. Consists of 8 notes
hanamichi
hue
mixed media
octave
49. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
impressionist style
pacing
melody
space
50. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
form
collage
force/energy
samba