Saving turtles Villajoyosa music success

AROUND 1,500 people attended the musical and urban art performances organised by Villajoyosa Town Hall during the 17th edition of Art and Street. The six performances of dance, music and theatre were held from Tuesday, August 1, to Saturday August 5, at different outdoor venues in the town.

The festival started on Tuesday with a musical theatre for children in the auditorium. On Wednesday, the central beach promenade be­ came a dance stage with a performance by Maduixa. Four women danced on stilts to represent the struggle of immigrant women. On Thursday, Otra Dansa surprised the audience with a stage that enhanced the historical value of their performance, the oppression of women in past eras. On Friday, the Barbera auditorium hosted the live music show ‘Full house’, by the company Electric 28, which told a modern fable about urban co­habitation.