stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
round dance; dancing in a circle
debut; initial stage appearance
traditional Japanese dance
musical dance; music and dancing
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
final performance; swan song; last act
traditional Japanese dance
stage actor; stage actress
singing and dancing; song and dance
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level
dance of death; danse macabre
theatre; theater; playhouse
kabuki play; kabuki drama
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
stage scenery; set; backdrop
scenography; scenic design; set design; stage design
butoh; style of contemporary Japanese dance featuring dancers in white paint
chorea; St. Vitus's dance
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
ball dress; dancing clothes
repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
formal opening of a new theater (theatre)
mask worn by a bugaku dancer
clever use of words to advance an argument; tricky manipulation of law
harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki
Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
dancing and clapping one's hands with joy
kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
televised broadcast of a stage performance
contemporary dance; modern dance
twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
variety of court dance (Nara period)
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
kabuki syndrome; kabuki makeup syndrome