run-throughs
Full dress practices
Run-throughs are practice sessions where something is performed from beginning to end without stopping.
Theater companies do run-throughs before opening night; athletes do run-throughs of plays.
The term emphasizes completeness—not polishing individual moments, but experiencing the whole sequence: We need one more run-through before the presentation.
Repeated work toward mastery
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- cueTrigger for action
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- scriptWritten words for performance
director · stage · understudy · preview · scene · act · props · lighting
Act of redoing
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- loopCurve closing on itself
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- seriesOrdered set of related items
redo · reiteration · revision · update · refresh · rework · refinement · tweak
Hole-boring device
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
briefing · orientation · familiarization · readiness · groundwork · priming · simulation · testing
practice
Repeated work toward mastery
script · director · stage · understudy · preview · scene · act · props · lighting · soundcheck
repetition
Act of redoing
series · redo · reiteration · revision · update · refresh · rework · refinement · tweak · pass
drill
Hole-boring device
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
conditioning · briefing · orientation · familiarization · readiness · groundwork · priming · simulation · testing · checking
- choiralto, soprano, tenor, bass section, baritone
- practicingrehearsing, drills, studying, repetition, exercises
- trainingtraining, basic training, training session, employee training, apprenticeships
- Training Methodsdrills, practice, repetition, exercises, workshops
- drillsdrill, drills, drilling, fire drill, earthquake drill
- competitionscontests, tournaments, match, matches, game
run-throughsfragments
Incomplete broken pieces
sections · excerpts · bits and pieces · scene work · breakdowns
run-throughslive shows
In-person staged entertainment
opening night · premiere · the real thing · showtime · dress rehearsal