
But a primary purpose of the rehearsals is, of course, to
coordinate. Through repeated iteration, actors transform
conflicting actions into a coherent and unified form. Such a
process—uncoordinated, simultaneous, individual acts of cre-
ation punctuated by arduous episodes of bringing everything
together—can seem disorganized. It can appear “poorly man-
aged” when it is, in fact, expertly managed. Although rigorous-
ly structured by its iterative shape, rehearsal doesn’t manifest
an orderly appearance the way planning-based methods can.
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