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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






2. Dominican Republic






3. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






4. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






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






7. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






8. The tune of a song






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






10. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






12. Helps students see the connections among the arts






13. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






14. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Dominican Republic






22. The rate at Which music moves






23. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






25. The brightness of color - its vividness






26. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






27. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






28. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






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






32. A distinctive quality to the sound






33. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






34. The practice of creating or performing works of art






35. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






36. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






39. A collage in three dimensions






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






41. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






44. From Cuba






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






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






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






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






49. The movement of a point through space.






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