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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. The reason the work was created
Charleston
creative expression
pacing
theme
2. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
waltz
emphasis
connecting the arts disciplines
space
3. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
foxtrot
tempo
shape
intensity
4. Helps students see the connections among the arts
subject-centered instruction
proscenium
connecting the arts disciplines
harmony
5. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
contrast
syncopation
blocking
interval
6. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
repetition
shape
history of theater
principles of art
7. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
tempo
form
octave
mystery plays
8. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
mie
assessment of art
social dance
artistic perception
9. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
subject-centered instruction
collage
space
movement
10. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
mixed media
intensity
color
balance
11. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
mixed media
pacing
dance
Kabuki
12. From Cuba
history of theater
polka
mambo
intensity
13. Where and when actors will move on stage
arena stage
rhythm
blocking
principles of art
14. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
swing
upstage
waltz
swing
15. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
value
harmony
dominance
hanamichi
16. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
polka
force/energy
elements of dance
assessment of art
17. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
harmony
intensity
thrust stage
shape
18. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
assemblage
cubism
artistic perception
Noh
19. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
assessment of art
solfege
samba
aesthetic valuing
20. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
chord
impressionist style
rhythm
harmony
21. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
artistic perception
blocking
hue
rumba
22. Variation in volume
dynamics
proscenium
timbre
space
23. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
performance dance
elements of music
rumba
movement
24. The tactile quality of a work of art
abstract art
famous playwrights
texture
syncopation
25. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
salsa
cubism
pacing
elements of dance
26. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
arena stage
balance
melody
twist
27. A ballroom dance from Argentina
flamenco
thrust stage
tango
collage
28. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
hue
timbre
proscenium
downstage
29. Part of the stage closest to the audience
blocking
unity
contrast
downstage
30. The distance between each note
intensity
elements of music
emphasis
interval
31. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
theme
history of theater
rhythm
repetition
32. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
solfege
thrust stage
abstract art
mambo
33. Consists of 8 notes
repetition
octave
aesthetic valuing
arena stage
34. The rate at Which music moves
form
rumba
foxtrot
tempo
35. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
abstract art
thrust stage
waltz
assemblage
36. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
chord
performance dance
thrust stage
37. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
pacing
foxtrot
Noh
mystery plays
38. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
timbre
foxtrot
blocking
39. The practice of creating or performing works of art
samba
octave
creative expression
elements of music
40. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
principles of art
assessment of art
balance
rhythm
41. Variation in volume
downstage
elements of dance
dynamics
movement
42. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
mixed media
space
solfege
unity
43. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
hanamichi
salsa
pacing
rhythm
44. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
shape
repetition
samba
social dance
45. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
color
dominance
rhythm
salsa
46. The brightness of color - its vividness
intensity
form
hanamichi
contrast
47. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
mixed media
swing
space
twist
48. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
intensity
unity
rumba
samba
49. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
repetition
space
repetition
perspective
50. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
subject-centered instruction
time
timbre
tango