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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






2. The movement of a point through space.






3. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity






4. Dominican Republic






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






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






7. Consists of 8 notes






8. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






10. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






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






13. The rate at Which music moves






14. The distance between each note






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A collage in three dimensions






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






24. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






25. 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.






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






27. Variation in volume






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






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






30. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






32. The tune of a song






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






34. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork






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






36. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






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






38. Part of the stage closest to the audience






39. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






42. Where and when actors will move on stage






43. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






46. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






47. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






48. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






49. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






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