The difference between kabuki and geisha
is that “kabuki” is a form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies and “geisha” is a Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
kabuki
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geisha
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Noun
- (often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
Exemple
- The boy tells her she will find iPhone chargers if she takes five steps back. Here the performance shifts from mere stiltedness to a kind of hateful Kabuki, an affected defiance of how people naturally act: She walks backward, counting her steps, then turns and slaps her forehead.
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Noun
- A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
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