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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






2. Variation in volume






3. The brightness of color - its vividness






4. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






7. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






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






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






10. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






11. 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.






12. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






13. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






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






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






16. From Cuba






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






18. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






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






22. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






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






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






25. A distinctive quality to the sound






26. The practice of creating or performing works of art






27. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






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






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






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






33. A distinctive quality to the sound






34. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






37. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






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






40. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.






41. Variation in volume






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






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






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






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






46. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






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






49. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






50. When three or more harmonious notes are played together