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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






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






3. The tune of a song






4. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






5. The distance between each note






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






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






8. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






11. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






12. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






15. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






16. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






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






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






21. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






22. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






23. The practice of creating or performing works of art






24. Consists of 8 notes






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






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






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






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






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






30. Part of the stage closest to the audience






31. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






34. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






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






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






37. A collage in three dimensions






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






39. The reason the work was created






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






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






42. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






43. The brightness of color - its vividness






44. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






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






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






49. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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