Cset Visual And Performing Arts

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Elements of dance

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Space

Time

Levels (dynamics)

Force

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Styles of dance and movement

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Ethnic and cultural dance

Folk dance

Modern dance

Theatrical dance

Social dance

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Dance history

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Prehistory-middle ages (ad 400): circle form

Middle ages (500-1400): church attempted to restrict pagan dance. Associated with fertility.

Renaissance 1400-1600: ballet developed, minuet: court dance formal aristocratic.

18th-19th cent.: expansion of professional dancing. Ballet evolve.

Early 20th cent: "new freedoms" in dance.

Late 20th cent: growth of contemporary dance, post modernism in 1960s. Less sophisticated technique.

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Adagio

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Slow tempo

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Allegro

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Fast tempo

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Arabesque

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Working leg is extended with a straight knee directly behind the body.

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Attitude

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Leg extended behind body with knee bent

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Grand jeté

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Leaf from one leg to the other in which working keg is kicked or thrown away from the body.

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Grand jeté en tournan

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Leap dancer turns halfway in mid air

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Pas de deux

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"a step for 2"

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Promenade

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Slower tempo movement in which dancer pivots completely around on one foot.

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Elements of music

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Dynamics: the volume intensity of a tone can be played loud or soft.

Harmony

Pitch: hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocal or instrument.

Tempo

Timbre: unique tonal quality of music sound.

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Chamber music

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Music played. By 1 to 20 performers.

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Consonance

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Combo of tones that produces a quality of relaxation.

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Dissonance

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Combo of tones that make tension

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Fugue

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Short theme called a subject. Contains both rhythmic and melodic motifs

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Lied

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Type of German song

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Lyre

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Ancient harp

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Motif

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Recurring group of notes

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Movement

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Large section of lengthy composition

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Opus

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A work identified by a number

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Oratorio

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Major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus

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Rondo

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Musical form whose main feature is return of the main theme which alternates with secondary themes.

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Sonta

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Multi movement instrumental work for solo keyboard or keyboard and other instruments or small chamber ensemble.

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Syncopation

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Rhythmic effort produced when the expected rhythmic pattern deliberately upset music notation.

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Clef

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Indicates pitch or range. treble clef higher range. Bass clef lower range.

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Note values

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Specific duration represented by whole half quarter eighth

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Time signature or meter.

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Way to measure rhythmic units

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Symphony orchestras

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Traditionally have 4 categories: string, woodwind, brass, and percussion.

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Strings

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Guitar

Viola

Violin

Bass

Cello

Harp

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Woodwinds

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bassoon

Oboe

Saxophone

Clarinet

Flute

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Percussion

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Piano

Xylophone

Timpani

Snare drum

Bass drum

Triangle cymbals

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Classroom expectations for music education

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Auditory skills

Translative skills

Creative skills

Performance skills

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History of music

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Medieval (500-1400): sacred music was most prevalent. Grrgorian chant named after pope gregory was a melody set to sacred latin texts

Renaissance era ( 1400-1600)music and dance connected, lute was favored.

Baroque era (1600-1750) heavily ornate style. Opera, orchestra, ballet, and sonata.

Classical era (1750-1820) homophony. String quartet -> haydn. Mozart, beethoven.

Romantic period (1820-1900) expressive, melody prominent, folk music. Symphonic poem.

Modern era

Evolution in musical world, rebellion, unique sounds, difficult to quantify, nationalism, folk idiom was prevalent.

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Elements of theatre

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Acting

Theatre

Organizational principles:

plot and conflict

Setting

Character

Language

Rhythm and unity

Drama: involves reenactment of life situations for entertainment and human understanding.

Improvisation

Scriptwriting: based on culture, imagination literature, and personal life experiences.

Tech support tools: costumes, sets, lights, props, makeup, and sound.

Stage

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Interpreting theatre

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Intent: involves the obj. Purpose theme or basic idea of a work of drama.

Structure: involves interaction of all elements. Includes design rhythm climate conflict balance and sequence.

Effectiveness: involves degree to which a dramatic work succeeds.

Worth: value judgement. Assessment of the knowledge, insight, wisdom, or feeling imparted by a work.

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Theatre historical timeline

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Ancient greek theatre (600-400bc): amphitheatres, no women acting, thespis 1st actor, playwrites: sophocles, euripides

Roman theatre (300bc-ad500) less influenced by religion, intro subplot, women allowed minor parts.

Medieval theatre (500-1300) theatre building not permitted. Traveling groups, church dramas educated on religion.

Renaissance and reformation theatre (1400-1600) rebirth of classical Greek and roman art. Theatre reemerged with professional actors and set design. State licensed official theatre companies.

Elizabethan theatre: Theatre supported by queen Elizabeth. William Shakespeare.

Restoration england 1660: parliament closed theatres in england. Theatre architecture. Baroque period. Women roles as boys and young men.

18th cent: acting is art. Plays dealt with ordinary people. Commercial theatre evolved.

19th cent: tech changed the theatre. 1880s-1920s in us golden age of USA theatre 420 touring companies.

20th cent: new movements: realism, naturalism, symbolism and impressionism. Commercial theatres, serious drama, experimental theatre (against naturalism)

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Antagonist

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Dramatic theory, an element usually character that resists protagonist conflict results from efforts to overcome obstacles set by antagonist.

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Aristotelian theatre

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Clear, simple plotting, strong character high levels of intellectual content and a minimum of spectacle.

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Connotative meaning

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Conveyed by connotative symbols, vague in terms of strict definition by rich in poetic meaning.

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Conventions

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Temp rules of the performance

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Creative drama

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A form of entertainment in which students improve scenes for their own growth and edification, not that of a audience.

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Denouement

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Dramatic theory. Portion of action that immediately follows the climax of a play.

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Dramatic question

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1st and most important element in rising action.

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Environmental staging

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Form of physical relationship between audience and performers in which there is little or no clear def between the space dedicated to each.

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Exposition

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Playwriting device of providing info to the audience.

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Form

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Relationship of all the parts of plays of a certain type considered apart from any single ex of that type, as in the form of farce and the form of well made play.

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Gallery

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Elizabethan theatre, one of a tier of alcoves surrounding the interior of the yard where enclosed boxes and on benches.

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Inciting incident

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Traditional dramatic structure, 1st incident in the chain of events called rising action.

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Kabuki

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Jap theatre form that combines colorful song and dance.

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Lighting plot

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Plan of the stage showing the location of each lighting instrument.

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Melodrama

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Genre placed between tragedy and drama

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Neoclassical drama

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Renaissance writers attempted to recapture the glory of theatre in ancient Greece and Rome.

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Pastoral play

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Extinct genre of play, which is set in a countryside populated by nymphs, satyrs, shephards.