I first started taking African Dance because I started listening to a lot of Afro-beat music (Fela Kuti specifically). My ex-
boyfriend was a djembe player and before I even started talking to him, I thought the djembe made the most beautiful sound I
had ever heard. In African they believe drums hold magic. After all, instruments do contain healing
power and in most African cultures, the djembe is the most powerful.
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Crystal Belle graduated from Middlebury College in 2004 with a degree in English and French. She spent a year abroad in Paris, France and was awarded the Watson Fellowship in 2005/2005 to explore hip hop and spoken word culture in Ghana, Brazil, London, Trinidad and Paris. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and works as an English and French middle school teacher through Teach for America in Brooklyn. She continues to pursue her passion for poetry and performance and plans to one day move to Ghana.
30 Plays in 40 Days
by Daniel J. Ennis
I sampled everything: Broadway-style big-budget West End productions. Classic repertory productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Lesser-known contemporary pieces at fringe theaters. Experimental productions at the universities. I even saw the medieval play Everyman performed in a parking garage for only £1.50. Sometimes my
friends would join me; other times, on nights when I wasn’t at the famous Globe or the Olivier, I ventured off alone, navigating the London Tube, seeking out little-known theaters.
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