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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. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
cubism
rhythm
force/energy
movement
2. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
balance
swing
types of visual arts
contrast
3. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
samba
arts and other core subjects
hanamichi
4. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
flamenco
movement
elements of music
square dancing
5. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
value
subject-centered instruction
dominance
hue
6. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
waltz
space
dynamics
space
7. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
shape
contrast
mystery plays
waltz
8. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
rhythm
abstract art
principles of art
famous playwrights
9. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
flamenco
Charleston
assessment of art
pacing
10. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
theme
intensity
mystery plays
waltz
11. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
types of visual arts
shape
creative expression
rhythm
12. A collage in three dimensions
performance dance
assemblage
time
rhythm
13. From Cuba
form
dominance
time
mambo
14. The movement of a point through space.
flamenco
elements of dance
color
form
15. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
contrast
intensity
rumba
Kabuki
16. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
artistic perception
elements of music
arena stage
polka
17. The distance between each note
Kabuki
abstract art
space
interval
18. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
form
contrast
hue
elements of dance
19. A distinctive quality to the sound
waltz
shape
syncopation
timbre
20. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
dance
balance
upstage
elements of dance
21. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
connecting the arts disciplines
Noh
movement
space
22. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
mambo
force/energy
mixed media
value
23. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
aesthetic valuing
foxtrot
force/energy
color
24. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
shape
movement
social dance
solfege
25. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
social dance
shape
unity
interval
26. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
Charleston
Noh
assemblage
salsa
27. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
dance
solfege
history of theater
texture
28. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
perspective
dynamics
pacing
foxtrot
29. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
repetition
emphasis
flamenco
time
30. Variation in volume
texture
dynamics
mystery plays
foxtrot
31. The tactile quality of a work of art
collage
texture
arts and other core subjects
polka
32. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
blocking
dominance
theme
square dancing
33. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
perspective
form
twist
samba
34. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
chord
tempo
salsa
rhythm
35. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
performance dance
form
impressionist style
octave
36. Dominican Republic
meringue
foxtrot
principles of art
types of visual arts
37. The movement of a point through space.
social dance
time
form
types of visual arts
38. Where and when actors will move on stage
mambo
assessment of art
blocking
collage
39. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
balance
types of visual arts
hue
swing
40. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
tango
dance
movement
balance
41. Variation in volume
history of theater
mixed media
dynamics
hanamichi
42. The tune of a song
swing
melody
rhythm
collage
43. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
famous playwrights
form
meringue
color
44. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
rumba
space
connecting the arts disciplines
shape
45. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
principles of art
color
assemblage
chord
46. Dominican Republic
performance dance
hue
melody
meringue
47. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
interval
Kabuki
hue
flamenco
48. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
movement
impressionist style
rhythm
aesthetic valuing
49. A collage in three dimensions
Noh
dynamics
downstage
assemblage
50. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
meringue
octave
famous playwrights
mystery plays