The summer season in Venice got under way on a modern, and American, note last week. In the courtyard of the Doges’ Palace sat the 88-piece La Fenice Theater Orchestra; on the podium stood the U.S.’s ...

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We present ‘NeuralConstraints,’ a suite of computer-assisted composition tools that integrates a feedforward neural network as a rule within a constraint-based composition framework.

Eleven talented young athletes are hard at work at the North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center with hopes of being chosen for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. It’s the third Olympic team to be trained ...

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Before plunging headlong into the details of this title, let’s just take a moment to appreciate what is meant when the word counterpoint is used in music. Sometimes confused with polyphony, which ...

Rhythm is a central component of music. Rhythm refers to the absolute timing of individual notes or sounds. The ability to perceive and produce rhythm enables people to make music. Research has shown ...

The secretary general of Israel’s Olympic committee said his country’s seventh medal represents “our victory over what happened on Oct. 7.” Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team won the silver medal in ...

China won its first-ever Olympic gold medal in the women's rhythmic gymnastics group all-around on Saturday. After finishing fifth in qualifying on Friday, the Chinese team took control in the final ...

No need to jump through hoops to find out which rhythmic gymnasts made the podium at the 2024 Olympics. Let’s do a quick flip through history: While gymnastics has been a part of the Olympics since ...

As artistic gymnasts like Simone Biles wrap up their time in Paris, the rhythmic gymnastics competition is just getting started. Most people are familiar with the events of women's artistic gymnastics ...

This is a sports photo that I’ve always wanted to take. I was lucky and the athlete made the jump right in front of me. Instead of picking up the ball, she hit it with her chest and — BOOM! — there is ...