Performing Arts Flashcards
Elements of dance
- Dance (set or area that surrounds the body)
- Time – moving to the beat and music
- Choreography- of steps of the dance
- Levels – does it happen high, does it happen low
- Force/energy
Dance movements
Axial – movements that occur in place such as a pirouette(spin) or twirl
Locomotor- movements in which dancer travels to a new location (big jump)
Grand Jette- jump in the air and twirl
Teaching dance
Call out dances – line dancing is easy to teach
Esthetic appreciation of dance
Through their activities, movements can represent ideas and symbols
Dance and culture
Can create emotion, right of passage, religious purposes
Example: rain dance
Styles of dance
Performance dance (theatrical dance): ballet, jazz and tap
Ballroom dance – balls were held by nobility, waltz, nobles and aristocrat socialized, A queuing system, hustle swing, salsa, tango, mango, waltz. Dance is rotted in the time and place it was invented
Folk dance – traditions of commoners, coloring morris dance, square dancing.
Chain dance- from the commoners in mid evil Europe
Asia- musical theater form, puppetry, single style
China- the noe, and nukki
Dances can serve as commentary
Cake walk- Mockin make fun of plantation owners. Social statements, feelings in particular feature
Music
Art of sound and silence
Elements of music
Pitch, rhythm, timbre, texture, dynamics, structure
Pitch
How high or low a note is, based on the frequency of a sound and does not relate to the volume
Ability
Singing a tune of the song in its different pitches and ranged sequentially
Harmony
Sounds of different pitches are arranged in relationship to each other
Dissonance
When pictures are arranged outside the excepted rules of order. Often occurs when someone plays the wrong Note
Rhythm
Repetitive timing of the beat
Tempo
Speed or pace, how fast or slow is the rhythm
Linto (tempo)
Slow
Largo (tempo)
Very slow
Legro (tempo)
Fast
Presto (tempo)
Very fast
Meter
Way in which lines of music is divided – grouping of beats
Articulation
Way in which notes are separate or blended together
Timbre
Unique sound produced by a voice or instrument
Texture
The overall sound quality of a piece affected how the voices are or not combined
Subgroups of texture
Monophonic, polyphonic, homophonic, Heterophonic
Monophonic
One voice, one Melody by itself
Example: soloist singing by themselves
Polyphonic
Independent Melody
Example: back ups singers sing a rift variation to the main singer
Homophonic
Multiple voices, one leads and others for my background accompaniment
Heterophonic
musical styles multiple voices performing same melody but slight variation
Dynamics
Softness or loudness of a sound in terms of its volume (piano, forte)
Structure
Overall way a piece is arranged
Basic techniques for teaching music to children
Simple, easy to learn instruments – drums for rhythms, xylophones – pitches and succession
Vocal pieces that are easy to remember and a limited range
Add movement to the music -wheels on the bus with movements
Teach music and cultures together
Music notation
Represents the elements of music symbolically (how high or low the note is)
Time value
Duration for which a note or rest is held
Half note time with dot
1.5 of the note’s value
rest
silent beats
time signature
represents as a time structure.
Numerator tells us the number of beats in a measure.
Denominator tells us what kind of note receives one beat (Example: half note vs. quarter note)
flats
b
Changes note to a half-step lower.
Farm Boys Eat Apple Dumplings Greedily
sharp
Changes note to a half-step higher.
Go Down and Eat Breakfast
Western styles of music
classical, bach, beethoven
Folk-music of the common man, parent, children
Jazz- imrov style of music
Blues- underlies modern american music, rock’n’roll, country
Eastern styles of music
Traditional Asian and Middle Eastern styles are microtonal.
Most traditional Eastern music does not have harmony; same melody being played with slight variation (heterotonic texture)
Important elements of Theater
Acting- internal acting style, believe and act as though they’re the character
External-mechanical style of acting, don’t need to feel it internally
Directing, mapping movement, decides staging/creative designer
Design-sets, lighting, makeup, settings, script writing
Styles of theater
Aristotelian- Aristotle
3 unities time- everything should happen in one period of time, place, one location
Action- should be a comedy (protagonist and good people win) or tragedy (protagonist looses)
Daisxmacia
God from the machine, Greek drama reverence from the gods lowered down on the machine (something outside the character resolves
Eastern style of theater
Kabuki- Japanese traditional theater incorporates music and puppetry
Melodramatic-heightened drama
Skillful action and dance
Shakespearean Theater
most influential play writer of the modern era, plot divides, periods, comedies (midsummer night’s dream), history (Henry the 5th, macbeth)
