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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






2. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






10. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






11. A collage in three dimensions






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






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






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






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






16. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






17. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time






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






19. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






21. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity






22. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






23. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






24. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






26. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.






27. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






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






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






31. The distance between each note






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






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






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






35. Variation in volume






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






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






38. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






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






41. The reason the work was created






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






43. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






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






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






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






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






49. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity






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