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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. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
famous playwrights
principles of art
perspective
2. The rate at Which music moves
impressionist style
Charleston
tempo
mambo
3. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
rhythm
types of visual arts
pacing
tango
4. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
arena stage
repetition
proscenium
creative expression
5. From Cuba
subject-centered instruction
upstage
mambo
chord
6. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
types of visual arts
harmony
mambo
7. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
salsa
mie
foxtrot
polka
8. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
tempo
twist
balance
collage
9. Helps students see the connections among the arts
emphasis
connecting the arts disciplines
Noh
repetition
10. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
perspective
rhythm
mixed media
melody
11. The movement of a point through space.
artistic perception
form
creative expression
contrast
12. 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.
space
arts and other core subjects
texture
types of visual arts
13. From Cuba
space
collage
artistic perception
mambo
14. A distinctive quality to the sound
subject-centered instruction
proscenium
timbre
intensity
15. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
polka
emphasis
Kabuki
dynamics
16. The reason the work was created
form
pacing
assemblage
theme
17. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
elements of music
arena stage
twist
melody
18. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
mixed media
flamenco
proscenium
square dancing
19. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
theme
form
elements of dance
swing
20. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
abstract art
mixed media
blocking
form
21. Consists of 8 notes
social dance
history of theater
octave
theme
22. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
solfege
mixed media
types of visual arts
balance
23. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
salsa
social dance
dynamics
space
24. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
shape
creative expression
time
elements of dance
25. A ballroom dance from Argentina
harmony
famous playwrights
famous playwrights
tango
26. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
movement
pacing
polka
Noh
27. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
arena stage
contrast
performance dance
artistic perception
28. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
mixed media
dance
tango
meringue
29. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
syncopation
mystery plays
dominance
hue
30. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
contrast
Kabuki
time
solfege
31. Helps students see the connections among the arts
connecting the arts disciplines
form
melody
samba
32. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
aesthetic valuing
arena stage
connecting the arts disciplines
octave
33. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
elements of music
tempo
space
hanamichi
34. The rate at Which music moves
dominance
social dance
tempo
flamenco
35. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
creative expression
solfege
impressionist style
social dance
36. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
foxtrot
emphasis
time
37. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
emphasis
creative expression
mystery plays
space
38. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
shape
foxtrot
repetition
pacing
39. Variation in volume
dance
elements of dance
samba
dynamics
40. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
force/energy
form
flamenco
tempo
41. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
impressionist style
downstage
artistic perception
time
42. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
shape
interval
mambo
force/energy
43. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
form
principles of art
interval
chord
44. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
dominance
thrust stage
pacing
square dancing
45. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
history of theater
space
samba
arena stage
46. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
shape
famous playwrights
history of theater
47. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
polka
arena stage
swing
48. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
dynamics
arena stage
Noh
movement
49. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
movement
rhythm
interval
pacing
50. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
performance dance
space
harmony
upstage