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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. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
tempo
performance dance
dynamics
mystery plays
2. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
repetition
flamenco
samba
form
3. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
mie
impressionist style
twist
artistic perception
4. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
rhythm
form
time
social dance
5. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
cubism
downstage
samba
6. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
aesthetic valuing
abstract art
texture
emphasis
7. Part of the stage closest to the audience
chord
square dancing
elements of dance
downstage
8. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
arena stage
downstage
Charleston
proscenium
9. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
syncopation
hanamichi
square dancing
octave
10. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
principles of art
form
mambo
shape
11. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
repetition
abstract art
subject-centered instruction
tempo
12. A distinctive quality to the sound
form
timbre
hanamichi
twist
13. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
upstage
collage
salsa
perspective
14. The rate at Which music moves
tempo
hanamichi
artistic perception
aesthetic valuing
15. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
aesthetic valuing
rhythm
perspective
contrast
16. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
types of visual arts
artistic perception
Kabuki
harmony
17. The rate at Which music moves
types of visual arts
arts and other core subjects
square dancing
tempo
18. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
balance
melody
foxtrot
history of theater
19. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
timbre
emphasis
elements of dance
20. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
timbre
force/energy
arena stage
shape
21. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
solfege
waltz
blocking
Kabuki
22. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
space
social dance
form
mambo
23. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
social dance
perspective
arts and other core subjects
shape
24. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
mambo
dance
assemblage
square dancing
25. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
social dance
Noh
hanamichi
subject-centered instruction
26. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
mystery plays
meringue
proscenium
downstage
27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
balance
rhythm
thrust stage
28. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
movement
chord
perspective
tempo
29. The juxtaposition of opposites
value
contrast
aesthetic valuing
repetition
30. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
harmony
solfege
Noh
subject-centered instruction
31. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
rhythm
form
dynamics
perspective
32. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
tempo
interval
subject-centered instruction
rumba
33. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
collage
space
Noh
rhythm
34. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
assemblage
value
space
mie
35. A distinctive quality to the sound
octave
artistic perception
mambo
timbre
36. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
creative expression
tempo
polka
syncopation
37. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
hue
swing
flamenco
history of theater
38. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
elements of dance
texture
dominance
assemblage
39. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
theme
assessment of art
hanamichi
flamenco
40. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
Noh
hanamichi
assemblage
square dancing
41. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
principles of art
hue
meringue
color
42. Dominican Republic
tango
meringue
dynamics
assemblage
43. Variation in volume
cubism
polka
meringue
dynamics
44. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
waltz
samba
polka
proscenium
45. The reason the work was created
theme
salsa
emphasis
artistic perception
46. The tune of a song
foxtrot
melody
mystery plays
flamenco
47. A ballroom dance from Argentina
emphasis
tango
perspective
square dancing
48. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
tempo
unity
flamenco
thrust stage
49. A collage in three dimensions
assemblage
waltz
interval
square dancing
50. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
elements of music
waltz
harmony
foxtrot