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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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1. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
melody
form
value
Kabuki
2. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
form
time
pacing
blocking
3. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
interval
melody
arena stage
form
4. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
swing
form
elements of dance
repetition
5. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
polka
repetition
elements of music
force/energy
6. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
thrust stage
syncopation
downstage
unity
7. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
assemblage
tango
dynamics
rhythm
8. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
thrust stage
square dancing
collage
interval
9. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
twist
collage
Charleston
history of theater
10. The practice of creating or performing works of art
color
unity
creative expression
hanamichi
11. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
meringue
dance
mie
thrust stage
12. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
meringue
space
mambo
performance dance
13. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
repetition
space
Kabuki
14. 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.
arts and other core subjects
assessment of art
impressionist style
upstage
15. The juxtaposition of opposites
assemblage
theme
contrast
downstage
16. The rate at Which music moves
mixed media
harmony
tempo
harmony
17. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
space
aesthetic valuing
color
abstract art
18. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
meringue
pacing
tempo
rumba
19. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
rumba
repetition
chord
waltz
20. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
time
value
texture
cubism
21. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
space
pacing
mie
swing
22. A ballroom dance from Argentina
color
collage
perspective
tango
23. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
mie
creative expression
form
tempo
24. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Kabuki
Noh
proscenium
force/energy
25. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
hue
abstract art
Noh
rumba
26. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
shape
unity
force/energy
dynamics
27. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
arts and other core subjects
social dance
salsa
harmony
28. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
proscenium
hanamichi
value
samba
29. The distance between each note
swing
interval
Charleston
meringue
30. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
timbre
social dance
texture
31. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
mixed media
hanamichi
rhythm
subject-centered instruction
32. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
rhythm
famous playwrights
assemblage
blocking
33. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
cubism
Noh
proscenium
square dancing
34. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
performance dance
blocking
subject-centered instruction
swing
35. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
texture
movement
value
tempo
36. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
aesthetic valuing
subject-centered instruction
perspective
37. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
assemblage
collage
rhythm
emphasis
38. Dominican Republic
meringue
square dancing
history of theater
Kabuki
39. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
harmony
timbre
foxtrot
theme
40. The reason the work was created
dynamics
upstage
theme
connecting the arts disciplines
41. 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.
thrust stage
rhythm
meringue
arts and other core subjects
42. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
space
chord
mixed media
meringue
43. Part of the stage closest to the audience
arena stage
unity
blocking
downstage
44. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
rhythm
famous playwrights
force/energy
performance dance
45. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
tango
space
force/energy
dominance
46. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
movement
movement
dance
salsa
47. Variation in volume
theme
dynamics
arts and other core subjects
creative expression
48. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
cubism
time
chord
pacing
49. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
proscenium
blocking
famous playwrights
arts and other core subjects
50. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
rhythm
impressionist style
mie
force/energy