Adaptação do método de improvisação teatral segundo Viola Spolin no trabalho de formação do bailarino/ator-amador

Mestrado em Performance Artística-DançaAtualmente a dança, exige dos bailarinos um conhecimento que vai além do domínio técnico. Os bailarinos devem ser capazes de traduzir ideias em movimentos, acrescentando ao trabalho coreográfico reflexos das próprias experiências, emoções, sentimentos, estabelecendo uma comunicação com o espetador. Entretanto, construir o trabalho de intérprete em dança, carece de uma formação na qual o indivíduo seja estimulado a potencializar as próprias capacidades, acrescentando-as ao próprio trabalho de intérprete. Investiga-se através da adaptação do Método de Improvisação Teatral, segundo Viola Spolin, os contributos no trabalho de formação do bailarino/ator amador para que seja capaz de interpretar ao dançar. Os resultados apontam que através da adaptação de jogos e exercícios de Improvisação Teatral, segundo Spolin, bailarinos/atores amadores aumentaram as capacidades individuais, como a confiança, a criatividade, a segurança, saber trabalhar em grupo e traduzir as próprias ideias em movimentos. As conclusões confirmam que a Improvisação Teatral, segundo Spolin, proporcionaram meios para o aumento das capacidades individuais, refletindo no trabalho do intérprete em dança. Sugere-se que a Improvisação Teatral, segundo Spolin, seja um trabalho direcionado, não somente na formação de atores, mas também, um trabalho complementar na formação de intérpretes em dança

Low-THz Vibrations of Biological Membranes

A growing body of work has linked key biological activities to the mechanical properties of cellular membranes, and as a means of identification. Here, we present a computational approach to simulate and compare the vibrational spectra in the low-THz region for mammalian and bacterial membranes, investigating the effect of membrane asymmetry and composition, as well as the conserved frequencies of a specific cell. We find that asymmetry does not impact the vibrational spectra, and the impact of sterols depends on the mobility of the components of the membrane. We demonstrate that vibrational spectra can be used to distinguish between membranes and, therefore, could be used in identification of different organisms. The method presented, here, can be immediately extended to other biological structures (e.g., amyloid fibers, polysaccharides, and protein-ligand structures) in order to fingerprint and understand vibrations of numerous biologically-relevant nanoscale structures

Low-THz Vibrations of Biological Membranes

A growing body of work has linked key biological activities to the mechanical properties of cellular membranes, and as a means of identification. Here, we present a computational approach to simulate and compare the vibrational spectra in the low-THz region for mammalian and bacterial membranes, investigating the effect of membrane asymmetry and composition, as well as the conserved frequencies of a specific cell. We find that asymmetry does not impact the vibrational spectra, and the impact of sterols depends on the mobility of the components of the membrane. We demonstrate that vibrational spectra can be used to distinguish between membranes and, therefore, could be used in identification of different organisms. The method presented, here, can be immediately extended to other biological structures (e.g., amyloid fibers, polysaccharides, and protein-ligand structures) in order to fingerprint and understand vibrations of numerous biologically-relevant nanoscale structures

Chiral chromatography and surface chirality of carbon nanoparticles

Chiral carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) represent a rapidly evolving area of research for optical and biomedical technologies. Similar to small molecules, applications of CNPs as well as fundamental relationships between their optical activity and structural asymmetry would greatly benefit from their enantioselective separations by chromatography. However, this technique remains in its infancy for chiral carbon and other nanoparticles. The possibility of effective separations using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with chiral stationary phases remains an open question whose answer can also shed light on the components of multiscale chirality of the nanoparticles. Herein, we report a detailed methodology of HPLC for successful separation of chiral CNPs and establish a path for its future optimization. A mobile phase of water/acetonitrile was able to achieve chiral separation of CNPs derived from L- and D-cysteine denoted as L-CNPs and D-CNPs. Molecular dynamics simulations show that the teicoplanin-based stationary phase has a higher affinity for L-CNPs than for D-CNPs, in agreement with experiments. The experimental and computational findings jointly indicate that chiral centers of chiral CNPs are present at their surface, which is essential for the multiple applications of these chiral nanostructures and equally essential for interactions with biomolecules and circularly polarized photons.….Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175242/1/chir23507.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175242/2/chir23507_am.pd