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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. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
unity
Noh
mie
force/energy
2. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
dominance
mixed media
force/energy
types of visual arts
3. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
balance
subject-centered instruction
thrust stage
chord
4. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
texture
swing
elements of dance
octave
5. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
repetition
cubism
movement
emphasis
6. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
balance
history of theater
mystery plays
time
7. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
meringue
hue
samba
collage
8. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
interval
balance
salsa
meringue
9. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
history of theater
rumba
hanamichi
square dancing
10. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
intensity
time
balance
thrust stage
11. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
Charleston
meringue
salsa
elements of music
12. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
types of visual arts
impressionist style
artistic perception
perspective
13. A ballroom dance from Argentina
tempo
blocking
time
tango
14. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
syncopation
time
abstract art
proscenium
15. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
contrast
artistic perception
solfege
connecting the arts disciplines
16. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
flamenco
creative expression
foxtrot
upstage
17. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
Charleston
pacing
arts and other core subjects
proscenium
18. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
Noh
dance
syncopation
elements of music
19. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
elements of dance
pacing
movement
chord
20. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
movement
Charleston
color
artistic perception
21. The distance between each note
blocking
shape
interval
Charleston
22. Variation in volume
dynamics
artistic perception
salsa
dominance
23. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
rumba
hanamichi
social dance
collage
24. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
connecting the arts disciplines
syncopation
texture
hue
25. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
elements of dance
syncopation
thrust stage
emphasis
26. The rate at Which music moves
time
unity
tempo
assessment of art
27. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
arena stage
salsa
value
social dance
28. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
salsa
proscenium
elements of dance
perspective
29. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
tango
Charleston
elements of dance
solfege
30. A collage in three dimensions
history of theater
assemblage
connecting the arts disciplines
twist
31. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
rhythm
chord
emphasis
mie
32. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
space
assemblage
contrast
rhythm
33. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
form
arena stage
assessment of art
unity
34. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
assemblage
dynamics
waltz
types of visual arts
35. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Kabuki
principles of art
artistic perception
performance dance
36. Dominican Republic
time
mie
meringue
color
37. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
assemblage
elements of music
movement
space
38. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
connecting the arts disciplines
social dance
space
force/energy
39. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
impressionist style
perspective
mambo
form
40. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
foxtrot
salsa
types of visual arts
mambo
41. A collage in three dimensions
syncopation
assemblage
creative expression
Kabuki
42. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
harmony
color
impressionist style
octave
43. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Kabuki
flamenco
dominance
aesthetic valuing
44. The rate at Which music moves
interval
rumba
tempo
mie
45. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
shape
dance
pacing
principles of art
46. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
rhythm
proscenium
principles of art
melody
47. Dominican Republic
shape
meringue
performance dance
pacing
48. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
connecting the arts disciplines
artistic perception
blocking
collage
49. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
dynamics
assessment of art
theme
elements of music
50. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
Noh
square dancing
rhythm
solfege