Elevenplay
Japanese dance troupe
| 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]
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 Archived 2014-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Sonarsound Japan
- Home page for Mikiko (in Japanese)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
