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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The tactile quality of a work of art






2. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






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






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






6. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






8. The rate at Which music moves






9. A collage in three dimensions






10. Dominican Republic






11. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






15. A ballroom dance from Argentina






16. Dominican Republic






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






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






19. The reason the work was created






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






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






22. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. From Cuba






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






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






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






33. Variation in volume






34. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.






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






36. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






38. The distance between each note






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The movement of a point through space.






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






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