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  2. Tachisme - Wikipedia

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    Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word tache, stain; French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. The term is said to have been first used with regards to the movement in 1951. [ 1 ]

  3. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    A literary style and movement in which magical elements appear in otherwise realistic circumstances. Most often associated with the Latin American literary boom of the 20th century [50] Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Günter Grass, Julio Cortázar, Sadegh Hedayat, Nina Sadur, Mo Yan, Olga Tokarczuk: Neo-Romanticism

  4. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A short connecting instrumental movement – an intermezzo Intermezzo: interval: A short connecting instrumental movement Libretto: little book: A work containing the words to an opera, musical, or ballet Melodramma: melodrama: A style of opera Opera: work: A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists Opera buffa: humorous opera: A ...

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A tail (i.e. a closing section appended to a movement) codetta A small coda, but usually applied to a passage appended to a section of a movement, not to a whole movement col or colla with the (col before a masculine noun, colla before a feminine noun); (see next for example) col canto with the singer, see also colla voce col legno

  6. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.

  7. Krumping - Wikipedia

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    Concept: An abstract movement that helps krumpers tell a story. Material: A material movement krumpers use to show a random item to further storytelling, e.g. pouring water on the ground and slipping. Jab: A short, sharp, staccato movement of the arms. The krumper extends them from the chest outwards, and with the same energy, pulls it back.

  8. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar - Wikipedia

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    From her Afro-Cuban dance training she employs a strong sense of dynamic timing, rhythmic patterns, and continuous flow of movement. She derives many of her movement ideas from African-American culture—allowing the "church testifying, emotional energy shap[e] the form, and the rawness of that form, like you have in jazz," she says.

  9. Dynamism of a Cyclist - Wikipedia

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    Dynamism of a Cyclist (Dinamismo di un Ciclista) is a 1913 oil painting by Italian Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916) that demonstrates the Futurist fascination with speed, modern methods of transport, and the depiction of the dynamic sensation of movement.