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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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1. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
square dancing
Charleston
samba
connecting the arts disciplines
2. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
abstract art
impressionist style
proscenium
space
3. The tune of a song
value
timbre
melody
time
4. The movement of a point through space.
polka
swing
form
collage
5. The movement of a point through space.
subject-centered instruction
interval
impressionist style
form
6. Dominican Republic
rhythm
color
meringue
elements of dance
7. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
texture
cubism
interval
movement
8. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
thrust stage
subject-centered instruction
rhythm
swing
9. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
performance dance
form
value
dynamics
10. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
repetition
hanamichi
famous playwrights
force/energy
11. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
upstage
collage
tempo
dominance
12. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
mixed media
intensity
pacing
timbre
13. The distance between each note
interval
history of theater
assemblage
color
14. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
artistic perception
famous playwrights
elements of music
cubism
15. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
abstract art
rumba
harmony
texture
16. The rate at Which music moves
tempo
Charleston
famous playwrights
rhythm
17. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
dominance
twist
meringue
square dancing
18. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
melody
form
thrust stage
elements of music
19. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
contrast
space
swing
20. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
shape
balance
collage
arena stage
21. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
interval
arts and other core subjects
form
rumba
22. The juxtaposition of opposites
contrast
hue
elements of dance
salsa
23. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
force/energy
rumba
hanamichi
hue
24. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
history of theater
elements of music
foxtrot
hue
25. The reason the work was created
theme
space
thrust stage
waltz
26. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
emphasis
hanamichi
thrust stage
form
27. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
meringue
collage
harmony
rhythm
28. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
principles of art
chord
subject-centered instruction
Charleston
29. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
performance dance
waltz
unity
mie
30. Dominican Republic
meringue
artistic perception
assemblage
Kabuki
31. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
tempo
artistic perception
time
proscenium
32. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
impressionist style
dance
flamenco
social dance
33. Helps students see the connections among the arts
connecting the arts disciplines
theme
solfege
shape
34. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
rhythm
time
square dancing
mixed media
35. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
form
dance
types of visual arts
rhythm
36. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
square dancing
polka
salsa
37. 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.
space
dynamics
Charleston
arts and other core subjects
38. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
artistic perception
rhythm
upstage
solfege
39. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
collage
types of visual arts
value
mambo
40. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
proscenium
elements of music
salsa
connecting the arts disciplines
41. The reason the work was created
principles of art
swing
elements of music
theme
42. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
perspective
space
interval
43. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
polka
Noh
connecting the arts disciplines
shape
44. Where and when actors will move on stage
form
creative expression
blocking
hue
45. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
time
Noh
meringue
elements of dance
46. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
elements of dance
mystery plays
meringue
unity
47. A collage in three dimensions
types of visual arts
assemblage
dominance
meringue
48. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
space
twist
mixed media
49. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
repetition
thrust stage
salsa
meringue
50. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
creative expression
proscenium
value
salsa