| 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]
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]