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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






2. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






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






4. Variation in volume






5. The brightness of color - its vividness






6. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






7. Helps students see the connections among the arts






8. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






11. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






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






13. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.






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






21. The tune of a song






22. A ballroom dance from Argentina






23. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






25. A ballroom dance from Argentina






26. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






28. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






29. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






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






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






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






33. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






36. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)






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






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






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






40. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






42. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Dominican Republic






50. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)