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






2. The tune of a song






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






4. 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.






5. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






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






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






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






10. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






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






14. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.






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






16. The tactile quality of a work of art






17. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






19. From Cuba






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






21. The tune of a song






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






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






24. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






25. The distance between each note






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






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






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






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






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






31. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






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






35. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






36. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






38. Consists of 8 notes






39. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






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






50. The brightness of color - its vividness