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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






2. Where and when actors will move on stage






3. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






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






7. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






8. The distance between each note






9. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






11. A collage in three dimensions






12. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






13. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






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)






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






17. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






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






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






22. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






28. The practice of creating or performing works of art






29. From Cuba






30. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






31. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






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






35. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






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






37. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






40. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






42. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






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






46. The reason the work was created






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






48. The tune of a song






49. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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