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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.






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






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






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






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






6. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






8. The tune of a song






9. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






12. Consists of 8 notes






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






14. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






16. Dominican Republic






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






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






19. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






22. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






25. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






26. Part of the stage closest to the audience






27. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






29. Consists of 8 notes






30. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






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






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






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






36. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






37. From Cuba






38. The movement of a point through space.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






46. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






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






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






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






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