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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork






2. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






4. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






5. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






6. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






8. 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.






9. The brightness of color - its vividness






10. A distinctive quality to the sound






11. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






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






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






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






15. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






18. The tune of a song






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






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






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






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






23. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






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






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






26. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






29. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy






30. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






31. The reason the work was created






32. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






34. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






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






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






39. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






41. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






43. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






45. The movement of a point through space.






46. A distinctive quality to the sound






47. Dominican Republic






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






49. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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