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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Variation in volume






2. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






3. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






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






8. Dominican Republic






9. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






12. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






14. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






15. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






18. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






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






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






23. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






24. From Cuba






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






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






27. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.






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






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






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






31. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.






32. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.






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






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






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






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






37. Consists of 8 notes






38. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






41. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






43. The juxtaposition of opposites






44. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Consists of 8 notes






50. The two-dimensional equivalent of form