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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Consists of 8 notes






2. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






3. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






5. Helps students see the connections among the arts






6. The rate at Which music moves






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






8. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






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






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






14. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






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






18. The rate at Which music moves






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






20. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






21. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






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






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






26. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






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






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






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






32. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






35. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






38. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






39. Variation in volume






40. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






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






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






45. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






49. A collage in three dimensions






50. The distance between each note