Protests in Iran against the current regime inspired the filmmakers to make people in Tehran feel heard and seen. The short film raised over $4,500 for its production through a crowdfunding campaign. ...

1. Introduction -- 2. The invention of an ideal female national dancer in twentieth-century Iran -- 3. Mutribs and their dancers: the counter-ideal performers of new Iran -- 4. The cabaret dancer in ...

Study explores how women in post-revolutionary Iran used audacious acts of dance in public spaces and on social media to resist unjust gender-based laws and cultural norms that disenfranchise women.