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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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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.






2. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art






3. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






5. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






7. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






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






9. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






12. Consists of 8 notes






13. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






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






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






16. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






17. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy






18. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






19. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






21. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






22. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






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






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






25. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






26. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






27. 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.






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






29. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






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






31. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






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






33. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent






34. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






35. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






36. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy






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






38. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






41. The reason the work was created






42. The rate at Which music moves






43. From Cuba






44. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






45. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






47. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






48. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






49. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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