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Spectacle > Performing arts > Theater, genre > Tableaux vivants

Preferred term

Tableaux vivants  

Definition

  • Silent, immobile arrangements of one or more costumed performers, usually staged with appropriate scenery and props, to reproduce a scene from art, drama, literature, history or the imagination; enacted in ceremonial, theatrical, festive or recreational contexts, in public or private; may be presented on floats, on theatrical stages, such as at the end of an act of a play, or in any suitable private or public space [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Living models
  • Living pictures
  • Tableaux, performances

Notation

  • 116834

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-M30JHXCV-K

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