For two unusual afternoons last week, downtown Cairo dwellers were surprised by a series of street performances, part of the much-anticipated third edition of Egypt's Downtown Contemporary

Arts Festival (D-CAF), which started on March 20.
The Borsa and Alfy Bey pedestrian streets were temporarily turned into a stage to host two groups of dancers — EE Dance Studio and The 100Hands — protagonists of this year's Urban Visions program. Performing arts are a key element of the festival, taking up a large portion of the overall schedule, and the Urban Visions section most intuitively embodies D-CAF's stated mission; that is, bringing different manifestations of contemporary arts to the heart of Cairo by allowing ordinary citizens to encounter a free performance in an unusual context.

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