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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






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






3. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






6. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






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






8. A collage in three dimensions






9. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






11. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.






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






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






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






15. The tactile quality of a work of art






16. Consists of 8 notes






17. The distance between each note






18. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






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






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






23. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






37. Variation in volume






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






39. Where and when actors will move on stage






40. Variation in volume






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






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






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






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 brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






48. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






50. The reason the work was created