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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Dominican Republic






2. A collage in three dimensions






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






4. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






5. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






8. The tune of a song






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






10. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






11. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






13. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






14. A collage in three dimensions






15. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






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






17. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






18. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






19. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






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






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






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






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






24. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage






25. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






28. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






30. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






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






32. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






33. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






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






35. Dominican Republic






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






37. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage






38. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






41. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






42. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning






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






44. The reason the work was created






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






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






47. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






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






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






50. The distance between each note