tableauvivant
tableau vi·vant (vē-väɴʹ)
n. pl. tab·leaux vi·vants (tă-blōʹ vē-väɴʹ)
A scene presented on stage by costumed actors who remain silent and motionless as if in a picture.
[French : tableau, picture + vivant, living.]
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Universalium.
2010.