The streets of Tehran are alive with something bold, daring, and unprecedented. Iranian women are dancing… without hijabs… their hair flowing freely… right in the heart of the city!rnrnThese aren’t ...

Hanging from a rope, a harness or a hoop, Iranian women are flocking to gyms to perform aerial dance and sharing videos of their routines on social media. Others are quietly practising another form of ...

A group of Iranian teen girls who shared a video dancing to Rema's 'Calm Down' song were reported to have been detained and pressured into making a confession. According to a tweet from the Twitter ...

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 ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Young women in postrevolutionary Iran used audacious acts of public dance, particularly during the past decade, to resist unjust gender-based laws and cultural norms that ...