rehearsal

thumb|right|300px|Marco Ricci's "Prove per un'opera" ("Rehearsal of an Opera") depicts [[Pyrrhus and Demetrius being rehearsed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1709.]]

A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and related arts, such as opera, musical theatre and film production. It is undertaken as a form of practising, to ensure that all details of the subsequent performance are adequately prepared and coordinated. The term rehearsal typically refers to ensemble activities undertaken by a group of people. For example, when a musician is preparing a piano concerto in their music studio, this is called practising, but when they practice it with an orchestra, this is called a rehearsal. The music rehearsal takes place in a music rehearsal space.