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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy






2. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






3. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






4. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






5. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A collage in three dimensions






13. From Cuba






14. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






17. The distance between each note






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






19. A distinctive quality to the sound






20. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






24. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)






25. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






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






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






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






30. Variation in volume






31. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






34. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






36. Dominican Republic






37. The movement of a point through space.






38. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






41. Variation in volume






42. The tune of a song






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






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






45. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






46. Dominican Republic






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






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






49. A collage in three dimensions






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