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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning






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






3. The tactile quality of a work of art






4. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






5. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






6. The movement of a point through space.






7. Consists of 8 notes






8. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






9. The distance between each note






10. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






12. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






13. From Cuba






14. Helps students see the connections among the arts






15. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






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






18. 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.






19. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






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






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






29. The tune of a song






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






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






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






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






34. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






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






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






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






39. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






41. The juxtaposition of opposites






42. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art






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






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






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






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






47. Where and when actors will move on stage






48. 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.






49. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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