Tableau-vivant definition
A scene presented on stage by actors who remain silent and motionless as if in a picture.
noun
A representation of a scene, picture, etc. by a person or group in costume, posing silently without moving.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
tableau-vivant
Plural:
tableaux-vivantsOrigin of tableau-vivant
- French tableau picture vivant living
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- French, "living picture".
From Wiktionary