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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






2. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






3. Dominican Republic






4. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






6. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






10. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






11. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






12. The distance between each note






13. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






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






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






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






28. The reason the work was created






29. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






32. The tune of a song






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






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






35. Consists of 8 notes






36. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






39. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






42. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






43. From Cuba






44. Consists of 8 notes






45. The reason the work was created






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






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






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






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






50. The tactile quality of a work of art