TY - MANSCPT AU - Manalo,Gizelle AU - Denton,Andrew AU - Bennett,Greggory ED - AUT University. ED - AUT University TI - Perfect love, perfect selfishness: [an exegesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Art and Design, 2011] U1 - 792.8 23 PY - 2011///] KW - Modern dance N1 - Exegesis; Includes bibliographical references; Text (PDF file (61 pages, 186.9 Mb)); Also held in print (2 DVD-ROMs) in Library Special Collections (T 792.8 MAN) N2 - Perfect Love, Perfect Selfishness is a short digital film that explores as its subject the enmity that can grow within a disintegrating co-dependent relationship, which is represented by gestural movements derived from dance improvisation. Perfect Love, Perfect Selfishness narrative is inspired by the concept of co-dependency and the project investigates and experiments with visual language to represent the emotional and psychological trauma that consumes the union of the film's protagonists .. It is heavily influenced by the theme of expressionism and its aesthetics which is subjectively defined in relation to this project and is informed by the work of expressionist animator Chris Landreth and surrealist filmmaker Jan Svankmajer. Perfect Love, Perfect Selfishness work process is supported by the methodology of Pina Bausch and Martha Graham's Lamentation (1930) which developed a collaborative workshop environment; Author supplied keywords: Co-dependency; Dance improvisation; Martha Graham; Expressionism; Pina Bausch; Improvisation; Sheets; Dance; Film; Experimental; Chris Landreth UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10292/4403 ER -