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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
force/energy
unity
repetition
mystery plays
2. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
artistic perception
dynamics
hanamichi
impressionist style
3. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
rhythm
dynamics
mambo
contrast
4. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
unity
subject-centered instruction
force/energy
creative expression
5. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
color
cubism
texture
Kabuki
6. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
artistic perception
form
emphasis
mie
7. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
upstage
elements of music
shape
connecting the arts disciplines
8. Where and when actors will move on stage
blocking
dance
elements of dance
social dance
9. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
form
dynamics
elements of dance
perspective
10. Variation in volume
pacing
timbre
arena stage
dynamics
11. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
thrust stage
cubism
unity
perspective
12. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
force/energy
history of theater
subject-centered instruction
upstage
13. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
twist
polka
artistic perception
mystery plays
14. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
melody
flamenco
salsa
foxtrot
15. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
square dancing
types of visual arts
foxtrot
proscenium
16. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
arts and other core subjects
time
square dancing
melody
17. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
twist
salsa
polka
18. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
types of visual arts
form
performance dance
pacing
19. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
performance dance
meringue
space
rumba
20. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
principles of art
downstage
space
performance dance
21. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
collage
dance
color
swing
22. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
social dance
rhythm
Charleston
harmony
23. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
famous playwrights
aesthetic valuing
rumba
dynamics
24. From Cuba
mambo
collage
subject-centered instruction
Kabuki
25. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
meringue
interval
arena stage
force/energy
26. Consists of 8 notes
social dance
cubism
blocking
octave
27. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
balance
hanamichi
famous playwrights
space
28. The tactile quality of a work of art
flamenco
theme
texture
subject-centered instruction
29. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
types of visual arts
principles of art
arts and other core subjects
abstract art
30. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
timbre
theme
value
movement
31. The movement of a point through space.
rumba
samba
form
types of visual arts
32. The practice of creating or performing works of art
repetition
waltz
creative expression
timbre
33. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
tango
repetition
subject-centered instruction
twist
34. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
space
rumba
harmony
arts and other core subjects
35. A ballroom dance from Argentina
polka
tango
rumba
connecting the arts disciplines
36. Dominican Republic
hanamichi
meringue
hue
contrast
37. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
emphasis
syncopation
texture
time
38. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
assessment of art
blocking
social dance
dynamics
39. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
types of visual arts
arena stage
square dancing
40. The brightness of color - its vividness
hue
dynamics
repetition
intensity
41. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
foxtrot
rumba
octave
42. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
space
elements of dance
hanamichi
texture
43. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
assessment of art
repetition
solfege
color
44. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
rumba
rhythm
time
45. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
syncopation
foxtrot
value
46. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
interval
Noh
mie
timbre
47. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
Charleston
arts and other core subjects
harmony
mixed media
48. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
syncopation
hanamichi
balance
space
49. Part of the stage closest to the audience
downstage
principles of art
movement
force/energy
50. 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.
emphasis
flamenco
downstage
arts and other core subjects