Elevenplay

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Elevenplay
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NameElevenplay
Website elevenplay.net
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]

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Overview

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

Former members

References

  1. 1 2 Ben Valentine (May 20, 2014). "Dancing with Drones". Hyperallergenic newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Rhizomatiks x elevenplay Pulse". Mexico: CONACULTA . Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. "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.
  4. Filip Visnjic (March 12, 2015). "Shadow – Elevenplay x Rhizomatiks". Creative Applications. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  5. "Daito Manabe and dance company Elevenplay". The Creators Project (Vice). Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  6. "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.
  7. "PassCode、新曲MVでゲームキャラに変身". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2025-09-06.