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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






2. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. From Cuba






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The movement of a point through space.






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






19. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






20. The reason the work was created






21. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






22. Helps students see the connections among the arts






23. The tactile quality of a work of art






24. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






25. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






26. Consists of 8 notes






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






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






29. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






30. Helps students see the connections among the arts






31. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






37. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






40. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






42. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






44. From Cuba






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






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






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






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






49. Dominican Republic






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