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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

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






2. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






4. Consists of 8 notes






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






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






7. A ballroom dance from Argentina






8. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






10. The distance between each note






11. Part of the stage closest to the audience






12. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






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






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






17. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






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






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






22. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






25. A distinctive quality to the sound






26. The distance between each note






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






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






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






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






31. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






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






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






35. The tune of a song






36. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






40. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






42. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms






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






44. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






45. Consists of 8 notes






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






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






48. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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