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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






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






3. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






4. The rate at Which music moves






5. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






6. Consists of 8 notes






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






8. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






9. Where and when actors will move on stage






10. A ballroom dance from Argentina






11. The tune of a song






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






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






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






15. The distance between each note






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






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






18. A distinctive quality to the sound






19. The rate at Which music moves






20. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






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






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






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






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






25. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






28. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






30. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






32. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






34. From Cuba






35. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line






36. Dominican Republic






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






38. The tactile quality of a work of art






39. Dominican Republic






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






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






42. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






48. Variation in volume






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






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