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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Consists of 8 notes






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






3. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






4. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






6. The practice of creating or performing works of art






7. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






9. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






12. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






25. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






26. The tune of a song






27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






29. Consists of 8 notes






30. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






31. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






33. The reason the work was created






34. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






36. A collage in three dimensions






37. The brightness of color - its vividness






38. The tune of a song






39. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






40. The distance between each note






41. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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