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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. Consists of 8 notes
value
performance dance
intensity
octave
2. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
assemblage
Kabuki
mixed media
cubism
3. The practice of creating or performing works of art
dance
cubism
creative expression
famous playwrights
4. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
subject-centered instruction
force/energy
foxtrot
types of visual arts
5. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
Noh
cubism
types of visual arts
time
6. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
polka
proscenium
syncopation
Charleston
7. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
principles of art
salsa
subject-centered instruction
twist
8. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
pacing
movement
assessment of art
arena stage
9. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
time
upstage
mystery plays
perspective
10. The reason the work was created
melody
social dance
Charleston
theme
11. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
syncopation
unity
aesthetic valuing
creative expression
12. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
value
arts and other core subjects
assemblage
Kabuki
13. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
assessment of art
form
Charleston
14. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
flamenco
Kabuki
elements of dance
foxtrot
15. Helps students see the connections among the arts
flamenco
social dance
connecting the arts disciplines
mystery plays
16. The movement of a point through space.
force/energy
form
dance
perspective
17. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
tango
square dancing
subject-centered instruction
types of visual arts
18. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
emphasis
shape
balance
form
19. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
tango
time
emphasis
famous playwrights
20. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
harmony
creative expression
Kabuki
force/energy
21. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
blocking
interval
assessment of art
square dancing
22. Variation in volume
syncopation
subject-centered instruction
blocking
dynamics
23. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
solfege
mie
time
elements of dance
24. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
abstract art
artistic perception
rhythm
balance
25. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
swing
flamenco
intensity
upstage
26. Helps students see the connections among the arts
color
connecting the arts disciplines
cubism
downstage
27. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
space
thrust stage
form
hue
28. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
contrast
interval
perspective
harmony
29. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
emphasis
polka
intensity
timbre
30. The rate at Which music moves
hanamichi
tempo
creative expression
famous playwrights
31. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
twist
pacing
salsa
elements of dance
32. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
interval
connecting the arts disciplines
hue
assemblage
33. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
time
Noh
harmony
theme
34. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
proscenium
space
principles of art
unity
35. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
cubism
movement
mystery plays
force/energy
36. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
subject-centered instruction
samba
Kabuki
timbre
37. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
mambo
value
upstage
history of theater
38. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
mambo
aesthetic valuing
impressionist style
social dance
39. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
swing
mixed media
time
elements of dance
40. The distance between each note
space
interval
tango
downstage
41. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
mystery plays
space
repetition
timbre
42. The brightness of color - its vividness
form
shape
blocking
intensity
43. A collage in three dimensions
subject-centered instruction
space
collage
assemblage
44. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
performance dance
artistic perception
timbre
perspective
45. Dominican Republic
repetition
intensity
value
meringue
46. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
principles of art
arena stage
harmony
47. A collage in three dimensions
assemblage
hue
famous playwrights
flamenco
48. 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.
shape
collage
polka
arts and other core subjects
49. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
mystery plays
space
elements of dance
value
50. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
mambo
form
proscenium
thrust stage