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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. From Cuba






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






3. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






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






5. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






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






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






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






9. Helps students see the connections among the arts






10. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






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






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






13. The rate at Which music moves






14. Part of the stage closest to the audience






15. The tune of a song






16. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






19. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






21. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)






22. Where and when actors will move on stage






23. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






24. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






27. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






29. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






32. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






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






34. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






37. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






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






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






40. 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.






41. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






42. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






44. From Cuba






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






46. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






48. The reason the work was created






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






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