At suburban Stevenson High School, they host a biennial fine arts festival named, “Odyssey”, to meet the Illinois State fine arts requirements for high schools. With over 110 presenters and many more classes to choose from, students are immersed in a variety of presentations and hands-on activities over the course of 2 days. Unfortunately for Hayden, one out of his four classes everyday happened to be Belly Dancing.
After being asked about his experience, he has said, “I don’t want to talk about it” and then put his head down. Initially, he smiled uncomfortably and scoffed at the idea of just