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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. Variation in volume






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






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






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






5. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






9. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






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






19. The juxtaposition of opposites






20. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






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






24. A collage in three dimensions






25. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The practice of creating or performing works of art






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






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






44. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






46. The practice of creating or performing works of art






47. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






49. The distance between each note






50. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form