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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






4. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






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






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






9. Consists of 8 notes






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






11. A distinctive quality to the sound






12. A collage in three dimensions






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






14. Variation in volume






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






16. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






18. A collage in three dimensions






19. Helps students see the connections among the arts






20. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






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






24. Variation in volume






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






26. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






34. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






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






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






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






38. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






40. The reason the work was created






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






42. A distinctive quality to the sound






43. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






44. The reason the work was created






45. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






46. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






49. The tactile quality of a work of art






50. A Brazilian dance with African influences.