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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






2. From Cuba






3. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






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






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






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






9. The rate at Which music moves






10. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






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






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






13. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






14. The tune of a song






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






16. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






18. The movement of a point through space.






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






20. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






21. A ballroom dance from Argentina






22. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






23. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






24. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






25. The tune of a song






26. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






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






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






29. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






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






32. The reason the work was created






33. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






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






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






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






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






38. The distance between each note






39. 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.






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






41. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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