(Unfortunately, my Macbook crashed and the hard drive has to be replaced, so I lost all my files and cannot record a video on this Chromebook that I’ve borrowed from the library because the functions are very limited. Instead, I … Continue reading
Proteins exist in four different structures: the primary structure, which is the basic amino acid sequence; the secondary structure, which exhibits repeating patterns held together by hydrogen bonds; the tertiary structure, which demonstrates the complete shape of one protein molecule; … Continue reading
The dance grows less controlled and more frantic as it progresses to symbolize how the misfiled proteins create chaos around them. The jerky movements are the struggling brain, and the bending and folding of the dancer is the folding and … Continue reading
I found it very interesting that we combined dance and movement to the study of prions. I really liked the presentation about the different types of muscles and the movement associated with them. In fact, I found it very interesting … Continue reading
I was only able to stay for the biology part of this week’s lecture and not the movement workshop, which made this assignment a bit uncomfortable to do. I have no training in the artistic movement of the body, so … Continue reading
For my movement piece, I depicted the downward spiral of PrPC to PrPSc. I used a song that I created. At the beginning of the video, the song starts out happily. I am a healthy and fluidly moving normal prion … Continue reading
This week a guest speaker came in and spoke to us about muscles and their anatomy and physiology. After this, another guest came in and danced with us, emphasizing on detail of movement. For this week’s assignment, we are to … Continue reading
In the short video including movement, I tried to represent a general overview of what we saw throughout the class Tuesday as a link to prions. The chain reaction that is demonstrated through our body mouvement serves a double purpose: … Continue reading
Expressing the change of PrPC to PrPSc through a choreographed dance allowed for the representation of alpha-helices, beta sheets, and the act of transformation in a creative way. The lecture on movement and how muscles work was very fascinating, as … Continue reading
The Muscle and Movement lecture presented the scientific basis for synthesizing human movement in an evolutionary context. Furthermore, it also explained muscle control in terms of fine control of force and movements. As the lecture explained, muscle drives movement and … Continue reading