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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)






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






3. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






4. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Consists of 8 notes






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






17. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. A distinctive quality to the sound






24. The distance between each note






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






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






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






28. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






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






32. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






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






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






36. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The practice of creating or performing works of art






44. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






46. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






47. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






48. Where and when actors will move on stage






49. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






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