Elevenplay Explained

Elevenplay
Director:	Mikiko

Elevenplay is a Japanese dance troupe noted for their incorporation of advanced technologies into their works.^[1] It is headed by director and principal choreographer Mikiko.^[2]

Performances

The collaborated with the Rhizomatics groups to produce a piece called Shadow, which also uses three drones as well as one spot light and one dancer.^[3] Elevenplay teamed up with the Rhizomatiks again to produce the show Pulse, for the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico. This piece relies on projection-mapping both on the background and on the dancers.^[2]

They have also collaborated individually with Rhizomatics director Daito Manabe to create a technology-enhanced show called Drone-Augmented Amazingness, which uses three drones as well as a projection-mapped backdrop. At first, the dancers direct the drones, but by the end of the piece, the drones replace the dancers.^{[1] [4]}

Members

• KOHMEN
• Saya Shinohara
• Emi Tamura
• Yu Tokutake
• NON
• Minako Maruyama
• Kaori Yasukawa
• Erisa Wakisaka
• Shoko Akiyama

Former members

• TOMO (Tomomi Yoshimura) - choreographer and dancer
• Arisa Iwasawa
• Saori Oodan
• Nanako Sudo
• Kazune Tomita
• Aayane Nakamoto
• Mayumi Niwa
• Yuka Numata
• Nozomi Hiramoto/Okamoto
• Asami Horiko
• Konomi Masuda
• Mariko Yoshino
• Mai Kuremoto

External links

• Daito Manabe website
• AM.com Mexico
• Sonarsound Japan
• Home page for Mikiko (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ben Valentine . Dancing with Drones . Hyperallergenic newsletter . May 20, 2014 . April 23, 2015 .
2. Web site: Rhizomatiks x elevenplay Pulse . . Mexico . April 23, 2015 .
3. Web site: Filip Visnjic . Shadow – Elevenplay x Rhizomatiks. Creative Applications . March 12, 2015 . April 23, 2015 .
4. Web site: Daito Manabe and dance company Elevenplay . The Creators Project (Vice) . April 23, 2015 .