Iranian-American dancer honors Jina Mahsa Amini with ballet

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One year after the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, ballet dancer Tara Ghassemieh's performance, "The White Feather," is a homage to the fight for women's rights in Iran.

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00:00 I think freedom is the root of this ballet and the root of this story.

00:07 Everything we have to say for Iran is embedded in that choreography.

00:17 It's in the dance.

00:19 And that's really how we're using dance as a form of protest.

00:24 [music]

00:28 [music]

00:54 Now that this revolution is happening, it's the first woman-led revolution in history,

01:00 and women empowerment is a big topic right now.

01:03 People are starting to hear, and it's actually starting to stick.

01:07 And they're starting to care.

01:10 [music]

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01:16 People would say, "What? Ballet's illegal? That's crazy.

01:35 How can that be illegal? How can dance be illegal? It's a birthright."

01:39 [music]

01:43 [music]

01:46 I know that the men, the women, the children, every being in Iran,

02:01 believes in freedom.

02:03 And the ones that don't will just slowly fall away,

02:06 because we're roaring very loud.

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02:18 [music]

02:21 (upbeat music)

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