rehearsals
Dry runs beforehand
Rehearsals are practice sessions for a performance—actors running through a play, musicians preparing for a concert, speakers refining a presentation.
The word implies repetition aimed at polish: We have rehearsals every night this week.
A dress rehearsal is a final run-through in full costume.
Figuratively, something serving as preparation for a larger event may be called a rehearsal: The skirmish was a rehearsal for war.
Raised performance platform
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- actorsThose playing roles
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- propsTheater accessories or praise
cue · backstage · audition · ensemble · understudy · tech · lighting · read-through
Committing information to recall
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- scriptWritten words for performance
- cueTrigger for action
choreography · staging · read-through · props · costumes · tech · lighting · soundcheck
Plates or weighing devices
- etudesMusical practice pieces
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
sight-reading · woodshedding · tuning · recital · orchestra · conductor · sectionals · accompanist
Hole-boring device
- repetitionAct of redoing
- run-throughFull practice of something
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
coaching · workshop · masterclass · exercise · routine · discipline · consistency · iteration
Formal event marking occasions
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- recessionalClosing ceremony music
- bridesmaidsFemale wedding attendants
groomsmen · officiant · altar · aisle · cues · timing · coordinator · venue
stage
Raised performance platform
props · cue · backstage · audition · ensemble · understudy · tech · lighting · read-through · run-through
memorization
Committing information to recall
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- scriptWritten words for performance
cue · choreography · staging · read-through · props · costumes · tech · lighting · soundcheck · warm-up
scales
Plates or weighing devices
- etudesMusical practice pieces
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
repertoire · sight-reading · woodshedding · tuning · recital · orchestra · conductor · sectionals · accompanist · score
drill
Hole-boring device
- repetitionAct of redoing
- run-throughFull practice of something
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
technique · coaching · workshop · masterclass · exercise · routine · discipline · consistency · iteration · refinement
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- recessionalClosing ceremony music
bridesmaids · groomsmen · officiant · altar · aisle · cues · timing · coordinator · venue · music
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- talent competitionstalent show, talent shows, auditions, judges panel, golden buzzer
- youth theateryouth theater, school plays, drama club, drama class, theater camp
- community theatercommunity theater, regional theater, repertory company, volunteer actors, artistic director
- filmmaking stagesdevelopment, pre-production, production, post-production, distribution
rehearsalsperformances
Staged artistic presentations
shows · opening nights · premieres · live shows · the real thing
rehearsalsimprovisations
Spontaneous unrehearsed performances
ad-libs · winging it · ad-libbing · jam sessions · freestyling
- dress rehearsalComplete practice performance
- wedding rehearsalPractice session before marriage
- rehearsal dinnerPre-nuptial meal for wedding party
- mental rehearsalPracticing something mentally
- band rehearsalMusical group's practice session
- choir rehearsalGroup vocal training session