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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






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






3. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






4. From Cuba






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






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






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






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






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






10. From Cuba






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






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






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






14. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






17. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






20. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.






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






22. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






25. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






26. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






27. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






28. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






31. The rate at Which music moves






32. A collage in three dimensions






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






34. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. The tactile quality of a work of art






40. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






41. Variation in volume






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






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






44. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






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






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






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






49. The practice of creating or performing works of art






50. Part of the stage farthest from the audience