Yoko Higashino and Hiroakia Umeda

Highlights of the contemporary Japanese dance scene will be briefly transferred to the DTW stage when two of Japan’s most talked-about young artists make their US premieres. Yoko Higashino takes inspiration form Japanese pop culture in her “ALARM- zero hour edition.” In Hiroaki Umeda’s “while going to a condition,” a solo for the choreographer, sudden flashes of light cut across the dark stage, illuminating Umeda’s quick, fluid movements.