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It is a French phrase that translates to "living picture" and is used to describe a scene or group of people posed and arranged to create a still image, often in a theatrical or artistic context. Example: The theater company's performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ended with a stunning tableau vivant, as the actors froze in a series of beautifully composed scenes, bringing the play to life in a unique and captivating way.
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tableau vivant
noun
A tableau (group scene resembling a painting).
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This is just a revival of the tableau vivant!
It is literally a tableau vivant, a living wonderland created by an artist's eye.
The party looked like a tableau vivant of Monocle's tiny but influential band of followers.
(Its glorious conclusion, designed for a tableau vivant, is anti-dance).
In one memorable scene, Lily appears in a tableau vivant of a famous Joshua Reynolds portrait.
It is hard to know what to call In the Beginning – installation, theatre, tableau vivant?
Ultimately it was kind of tableau vivant which Lamy had set the stage for and cast.
There's detail after detail in this tableau vivant, too much to fully grasp.
Fendi took it further, transforming its Caravaggio-inspired finery into a tableau vivant.
Each scene offers the perfect excuse for a dance, a kind of tableau vivant with movement.
Shaw is only following current practice here, in providing a scene-setting tableau vivant.
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