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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.






2. The distance between each note






3. The rate at Which music moves






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






5. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






6. Helps students see the connections among the arts






7. Dominican Republic






8. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






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






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






14. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






15. The tune of a song






16. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






19. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






20. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






22. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






25. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






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






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






30. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






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






32. From Cuba






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






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






35. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






36. The movement of a point through space.






37. The brightness of color - its vividness






38. Part of the stage closest to the audience






39. A collage in three dimensions






40. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






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






42. From Cuba






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






44. Variation in volume






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






46. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






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






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






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






50. A ballroom dance from Argentina