stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
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
fancy dress ball; costume ball; masquerade ball
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
round dance; dancing in a circle
traditional Japanese dance
debut; initial stage appearance
stage actor; stage actress
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
final performance; swan song; last act
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
traditional Japanese dance
singing and dancing; song and dance
musical dance; music and dancing
the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level
bugaku; court dance and music
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
theatrical adaptation; stage adaptation; adapting 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
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
stage performer; theatre performer (theater); theatre actor; stage actor
formal opening of a new theater (theatre)
dance music; ballet music
Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
court dance performed by children
mask worn by a bugaku dancer
clever use of words to advance an argument; tricky manipulation of law
televised broadcast of a stage performance
harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki
dancing and clapping one's hands with joy
kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
contemporary dance; modern dance
twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
kabuki-e; shibai-e; kabuki ukiyo-e print
variety of court dance (Nara period)
stage adaptation; theatrical adaptation
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play
searching for and photography at locations used as settings for anime, manga, etc.
kabuki syndrome; kabuki makeup syndrome