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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. 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.
twist
proscenium
mie
arts and other core subjects
2. The movement of a point through space.
Kabuki
abstract art
form
pacing
3. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
dance
proscenium
elements of music
thrust stage
4. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
foxtrot
perspective
samba
5. The distance between each note
salsa
subject-centered instruction
aesthetic valuing
interval
6. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
unity
Noh
blocking
aesthetic valuing
7. Consists of 8 notes
creative expression
meringue
types of visual arts
octave
8. Where and when actors will move on stage
blocking
mixed media
performance dance
theme
9. From Cuba
unity
chord
mambo
tango
10. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
famous playwrights
harmony
theme
force/energy
11. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
square dancing
famous playwrights
collage
meringue
12. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
repetition
salsa
principles of art
elements of music
13. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
famous playwrights
tango
foxtrot
solfege
14. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
chord
collage
hanamichi
unity
15. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
elements of dance
intensity
harmony
emphasis
16. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
arena stage
samba
pacing
hue
17. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
polka
mystery plays
social dance
salsa
18. The brightness of color - its vividness
Noh
intensity
types of visual arts
blocking
19. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
harmony
force/energy
principles of art
artistic perception
20. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
harmony
rumba
dominance
space
21. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
types of visual arts
rhythm
form
22. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
downstage
types of visual arts
abstract art
Kabuki
23. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
social dance
repetition
form
subject-centered instruction
24. The reason the work was created
theme
collage
interval
space
25. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
pacing
downstage
square dancing
dominance
26. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
polka
rhythm
perspective
blocking
27. Dominican Republic
meringue
mie
mixed media
foxtrot
28. Variation in volume
principles of art
cubism
dynamics
cubism
29. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
Charleston
upstage
arts and other core subjects
artistic perception
30. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
famous playwrights
performance dance
polka
emphasis
31. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
thrust stage
pacing
dominance
assessment of art
32. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
rhythm
form
principles of art
interval
33. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
rhythm
hue
rumba
mie
34. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
force/energy
arena stage
rhythm
melody
35. The rate at Which music moves
tempo
performance dance
space
tango
36. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
pacing
color
Kabuki
foxtrot
37. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
hue
collage
pacing
assemblage
38. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
assemblage
famous playwrights
shape
form
39. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
cubism
collage
octave
40. A collage in three dimensions
timbre
assemblage
swing
time
41. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
mambo
chord
impressionist style
blocking
42. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
theme
downstage
chord
salsa
43. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
balance
connecting the arts disciplines
mambo
Charleston
44. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
impressionist style
harmony
form
form
45. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
meringue
abstract art
history of theater
syncopation
46. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
melody
cubism
proscenium
space
47. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
proscenium
dominance
mixed media
abstract art
48. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
space
dominance
rhythm
perspective
49. Part of the stage closest to the audience
collage
arts and other core subjects
downstage
dominance
50. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
tango
dominance
hue
assessment of art