Elevenplay
| Elevenplay | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Name | Elevenplay |
| Website | elevenplay |
| Senior staff | |
| 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]
Overview
[edit]The name Elevenplay comes from the fact that Mikiko and Tomomi Yoshimura used to be in a four-member dance team in which all the members had the number eleven in their birthdays. Continuing with the theme of eleven, the troupe's first performance was on November 11, 2011.[3]
In 2015, Elevenplay collaborated with Rhizomatiks to produce a piece called Shadow, which used three drones, a spotlight, and a dancer.[4] Elevenplay worked with Rhizomatiks again to produce the show Pulse for the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico. The piece made use of projection-mapping, both on the background and on the dancers.[2] They also collaborated individually with Rhizomatiks director Daito Manabe to create a technology-enhanced show called Drone-Augmented Amazingness, which used three drones and a projection-mapped backdrop. In the piece, the dancers direct the drones at first, but by the end, the drones replace the dancers.[1][5]
The members of Elevenplay have choreographed for many artists, such as @onefive and Passcode.[6][7]
Members
[edit]- Kohmen
- Saya Shinohara
- Emi Tamura
- Yu Tokutake
- Non
- Minako Maruyama
- Kaori Yasukawa
- Erisa Wakisaka
- Shoko Akiyama
Former members
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Daito Manabe website
- AM.com Mexico Archived 2014-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Sonarsound Japan
- Home page for Mikiko (in Japanese)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ben Valentine (May 20, 2014). "Dancing with Drones". Hyperallergenic newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Rhizomatiks x elevenplay Pulse". Mexico: CONACULTA. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "インタビュー：Perfumeでおなじみ"MIKIKO先生"と、Tomomi Yoshimuraによるダンスカンパニー"eleven play"が本格始動！". CD Journal (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ Filip Visnjic (March 12, 2015). "Shadow – Elevenplay x Rhizomatiks". Creative Applications. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Daito Manabe and dance company Elevenplay". The Creators Project (Vice). Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "元さくら学院の15歳美少女4人組「@onefive」6・24CDデビュー". Oricon News. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "PassCode、新曲MVでゲームキャラに変身". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2025-09-06.