tableau vivant

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tableau vi·vant (v

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n. pl. tab·leaux vi·vants (t

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A scene presented on stage by costumed actors who remain silent and motionless as if in a picture.

[French : tableau, picture + vivant, living.]

tableau vivant French [tablo vivɑ̃]

n pl tableaux vivants [tablo vivɑ̃]

(Performing Arts / Theatre) a representation of a scene, painting, sculpture, etc., by a person or group posed silent and motionless

[literally: living picture]

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tableau vivant - a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

tableau

arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"

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