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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






2. A collage in three dimensions






3. A ballroom dance from Argentina






4. Where and when actors will move on stage






5. A collage in three dimensions






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






7. 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.






8. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






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






12. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






14. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






16. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






17. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






21. The tune of a song






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






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






24. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. From Cuba






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






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






34. The reason the work was created






35. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






37. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






38. The practice of creating or performing works of art






39. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






42. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






43. The juxtaposition of opposites






44. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






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






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






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






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