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






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






3. Variation in volume






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






5. The movement of a point through space.






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






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






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






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






10. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






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






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






13. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






15. Consists of 8 notes






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






17. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






19. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






20. Variation in volume






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






22. The tactile quality of a work of art






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






24. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






25. From Cuba






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






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






28. The tune of a song






29. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






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






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






34. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






35. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






36. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






46. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






48. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






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