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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Part of the stage closest to the audience






2. The movement of a point through space.






3. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






4. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






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






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






7. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork






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






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






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






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






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






13. Consists of 8 notes






14. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






17. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






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






21. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






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






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






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






27. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






28. From Cuba






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






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






31. The distance between each note






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






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






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






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






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






37. The tune of a song






38. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






41. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






42. A distinctive quality to the sound






43. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






45. Consists of 8 notes






46. Variation in volume






47. The reason the work was created






48. The tune of a song






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






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