ELEVENPLAY×Rhizomatiks ×Kyle McDonald “discrete figures 2022version”

ELEVENPLAY、MIKIKO、Kyle McDonald
October 09, 2022

This is a groundbreaking dance performance created in collaboration between Rhizomatiks (led by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi), the ELEVENPLAY dance company, choreographer MIKIKO, and media artist Kyle McDonald.

“discrete figures” unites the performing arts and mathematics in a dramatic exploration of the relationship between the human body and computer generated movement (simulated bodies). As an additional layer of complexity, the performance piece utilizes drones, A.I., and machine learning in the quest for a new palette of movement to foster undiscovered modes of expressive dance that transcend the limits of conventional human subjectivity and emotional expression.

discrete figures at Spiral Hall Tokyo

Top image : photo by Suguru Saito

Tour dates 2018

Montreal
April 13, 2018 - 8PM
Venue
Monument-National
1182, boulevard St-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2S5


San Francisco
Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 8PM
Friday, April 20, 2018 - 8PM
Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 8PM
Venue
Gray Area / Grand Theater
2665 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States


Tokyo
Friday, August 31, 2018 - 7PM
Saturday, September 01, 2018 2PM / 6:30PM
Sunday, September 02, 2018 2PM / 6:30PM
Venue
Spiral Hall (Spiral 3F)
5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan


Barcelona
Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 9PM
Venue
Auditori de Cornellà
Carrer Albert Einstein, 51, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain


Madrid
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 6:00PM / 9:00PM
Venue
Teatros del Canal
Calle de Cea Bermúdez, 1, 28003 Madrid, Spain


Tour Dates 2019

Düsseldorf
Friday, March 29, 2019 8PM
Saturday, March 30, 2019 8PM
Sunday, March 31, 2019 8PM
Venue
tanzhaus nrw
Erkrather Straße 30 D-40233 Düsseldorf, Germany


Eindhoven
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9PM
Venue
STRP Festival / Klokgebouw
Klokgebouw 50 5617 AB Eindhoven, Netherlands


New York
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 8:30PM
Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:30PM
Friday, May 10, 2019 8:30PM
Saturday, May 11, 2019 8:30PM
Venue
New York Live Arts Theater / 219 W 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, United States


San Francisco
Friday, May 17, 2019 6PM / 9:00PM
Saturday, May 18, 2019 6PM / 9:00PM
Venue
Gray Area / Grand Theater
2665 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States


Sapporo
Sunday, October 6, 2019 2:00PM
Venue
Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru
Sapporo Community Plaza 4F, Kita 1 Nishi 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan 060-0001


Liege
Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 9:00 PM
Thursday, November 21, 2019, 9:00 PM
Venue
Theatre de Liege
Place du 20-Août 16 · 4000 Liège, Belgium


Tokyo
Saturday, December 14, 2019, 7:15 PM
Venue
LINE CUBE SHIBUYA
1-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan


Tour Dates 2022

Tbilisi
Sunday, October 9, 2022 8:00PM
Monday, October 10, 2022 8:00PM
Venue
Kote Marjanishvili State Professional Drama Theater
Kote Marjanishvili Street 8, 0102, Tbilisi, GEORGIA


Osaka
Friday, October 21, 2022 7:00PM
Satday, October 22, 2022 2:00PM
Venue
COOL JAPAN PARK OSAKA WW HALL
3-6, Osaka-shi Chuo-ku, Osaka Castle
Credit
Credit
Cast: ELEVENPLAY
Stage Direction / Choreography: MIKIKO
Artistic Direction / Music: Daito Manabe (Rhizomatiks Research)
Technical Direction / Hardware Engineering: Motoi Ishibashi (Rhizomatiks Research)
Machine learning Direction: Kyle McDonald
Machine learning: Yuta Asai (Rhizomatiks Research)
Projection System / Software Engineering: Yuya Hanai (Rhizomatiks Research)
Visualization: Satoshi Horii (Rhizomatiks Research)
Visualization: You Tanaka (Rhizomatiks Research)
CG direction: Tetsuka Niiyama (+Ring / TaiyoKikaku Co.,Ltd.)
CG Produce: Toshihiko Sakata (+Ring / TaiyoKikaku Co.,Ltd.)
Music:
seiho
Setsuya Kurotaki (Rhizomatiks Research)
"hanabi" by kotringo
Videographer: Muryo Homma (Rhizomatiks Research)
Stage Engineering: Momoko Nishimoto (Rhizomatiks Research)
Motion Capture: Tatsuya Ishii (Rhizomatiks Research), Saki Ishikawa (Rhizomatiks Research)
4D-VIEWS: Crescent,inc.
Technical Support: Shintaro Kamijo (Rhizomatiks Research)
Craft: Tomoaki Yanagisawa (Rhizomatiks Research), Toshitaka Mochizuki (Rhizomatiks Research) , Kyohei Mouri
Production Management: Yoko Shiraiwa (ELEVENPLAY) , Nozomi Yamaguchi (Rhizomatiks Research) , Ayumi Ota (Rhizomatiks Research), Rina Watanabe (Rhizomatiks Research)
Produce: Takao Inoue (Rhizomatiks Research)
Production: Rhizomatiks co., ltd.