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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. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
elements of dance
rhythm
dance
famous playwrights
2. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
artistic perception
emphasis
waltz
Kabuki
3. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
samba
tempo
arts and other core subjects
history of theater
4. The rate at Which music moves
artistic perception
shape
tempo
space
5. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
hanamichi
hue
intensity
timbre
6. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
elements of music
form
swing
unity
7. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
foxtrot
impressionist style
pacing
salsa
8. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
foxtrot
proscenium
famous playwrights
social dance
9. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
abstract art
creative expression
space
proscenium
10. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
syncopation
performance dance
arts and other core subjects
11. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
form
syncopation
elements of music
perspective
12. A ballroom dance from Argentina
meringue
downstage
tango
interval
13. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
collage
abstract art
blocking
twist
14. Where and when actors will move on stage
mixed media
foxtrot
dance
blocking
15. The practice of creating or performing works of art
artistic perception
social dance
flamenco
creative expression
16. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
elements of dance
color
mie
twist
17. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
mixed media
downstage
abstract art
dynamics
18. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
assemblage
mixed media
downstage
abstract art
19. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
creative expression
elements of dance
Charleston
samba
20. The tune of a song
artistic perception
mie
mystery plays
melody
21. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
flamenco
famous playwrights
upstage
elements of dance
22. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
collage
proscenium
form
pacing
23. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
tempo
famous playwrights
downstage
24. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
salsa
mystery plays
cubism
polka
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.
contrast
arts and other core subjects
form
artistic perception
26. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
elements of dance
interval
syncopation
cubism
27. Consists of 8 notes
octave
space
connecting the arts disciplines
intensity
28. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
upstage
blocking
intensity
force/energy
29. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
mie
dynamics
proscenium
dominance
30. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
flamenco
arts and other core subjects
connecting the arts disciplines
dominance
31. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
Kabuki
thrust stage
assessment of art
rumba
32. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
collage
interval
performance dance
salsa
33. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
value
shape
texture
mie
34. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
value
time
mixed media
history of theater
35. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
twist
movement
rhythm
principles of art
36. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
blocking
twist
mixed media
space
37. The tactile quality of a work of art
texture
tango
mambo
unity
38. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
tango
balance
movement
assemblage
39. A distinctive quality to the sound
timbre
waltz
meringue
samba
40. Part of the stage closest to the audience
tango
aesthetic valuing
downstage
foxtrot
41. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
pacing
twist
rhythm
42. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
types of visual arts
abstract art
salsa
emphasis
43. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
samba
shape
rhythm
dominance
44. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
performance dance
arena stage
mystery plays
rhythm
45. A collage in three dimensions
shape
color
assemblage
pacing
46. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
foxtrot
perspective
emphasis
Kabuki
47. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
chord
melody
theme
twist
48. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
polka
artistic perception
harmony
repetition
49. Dominican Republic
timbre
samba
meringue
Noh
50. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
swing
theme
dominance
mie