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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. The reason the work was created






2. The rate at Which music moves






3. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






4. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






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






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






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






8. The juxtaposition of opposites






9. The tactile quality of a work of art






10. Where and when actors will move on stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Dominican Republic






19. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






23. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






25. Dominican Republic






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






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






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






29. A collage in three dimensions






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






31. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






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






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






41. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






43. From Cuba






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






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






46. Variation in volume






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






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






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






50. Part of the stage closest to the audience