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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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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
social dance
space
perspective
form
2. Part of the stage closest to the audience
downstage
syncopation
waltz
assessment of art
3. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
perspective
tempo
time
connecting the arts disciplines
4. Helps students see the connections among the arts
mixed media
impressionist style
connecting the arts disciplines
square dancing
5. The tune of a song
force/energy
history of theater
melody
intensity
6. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
melody
Charleston
rhythm
7. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
assessment of art
melody
emphasis
8. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
syncopation
history of theater
collage
principles of art
9. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
form
impressionist style
Kabuki
samba
10. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
proscenium
syncopation
upstage
intensity
11. The juxtaposition of opposites
salsa
mie
contrast
hue
12. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
form
dance
rhythm
swing
13. A distinctive quality to the sound
texture
contrast
foxtrot
timbre
14. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
mie
rhythm
emphasis
15. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
rhythm
perspective
flamenco
meringue
16. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
rhythm
emphasis
melody
social dance
17. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
meringue
principles of art
harmony
interval
18. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
principles of art
solfege
syncopation
color
19. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
blocking
hue
artistic perception
upstage
20. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
shape
mixed media
tempo
form
21. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
harmony
value
intensity
polka
22. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
dance
samba
shape
solfege
23. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
cubism
space
foxtrot
Charleston
24. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
solfege
elements of music
melody
intensity
25. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
emphasis
foxtrot
Noh
history of theater
26. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
space
dominance
melody
principles of art
27. Part of the stage closest to the audience
artistic perception
tempo
downstage
form
28. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
form
history of theater
polka
downstage
29. From Cuba
impressionist style
solfege
pacing
mambo
30. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
melody
rhythm
timbre
subject-centered instruction
31. Consists of 8 notes
unity
octave
principles of art
Charleston
32. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
assessment of art
salsa
arts and other core subjects
mystery plays
33. The distance between each note
artistic perception
waltz
foxtrot
interval
34. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
twist
assessment of art
movement
arts and other core subjects
35. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
upstage
dynamics
mie
36. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
foxtrot
mambo
flamenco
form
37. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
rhythm
chord
solfege
emphasis
38. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
salsa
value
balance
artistic perception
39. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
assessment of art
hanamichi
salsa
intensity
40. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
dominance
foxtrot
texture
elements of music
41. A ballroom dance from Argentina
timbre
assessment of art
tango
tempo
42. The rate at Which music moves
blocking
tempo
contrast
force/energy
43. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
impressionist style
balance
mixed media
proscenium
44. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
artistic perception
history of theater
theme
blocking
45. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
upstage
foxtrot
collage
meringue
46. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
famous playwrights
solfege
unity
space
47. The juxtaposition of opposites
color
Kabuki
mixed media
contrast
48. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
form
rhythm
twist
square dancing
49. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
assemblage
hanamichi
Noh
50. The movement of a point through space.
arts and other core subjects
tango
form
artistic perception