Desert Dancer Page #2

true voice of the Persian youth.

Pretty cool, huh?

The voice the regime

doesn't want you to hear.

Hey, guys.

Come on. Food's ready.

Yeah, all right. We're coming now.

Do you mind if I...

No, man. Knock yourself out.

Come on!

All right!

A billion years away

From you

I'm on my way I'm on...

I'm on...

Afshin.

You watch too much YouTube, my friend.

He's good, huh?

Hey, Afshin.

Show me that, man.

I've always wanted to do that.

Which one?

That was it, the moonwalk.

- The moonwalk?

- Yeah.

- So show me how?

- Okay. So you weight this leg.

- Yeah.

- Then switch.

And then push back. Switch.

- Okay, switch.

You're going to spoil your appetite.

Hey, guys. Time to eat. Come on.

Time to eat.

Afshin, come get some food.

You know, guys, I've been thinking.

I want to start a dance group.

What?

- I want to start a dance group.

- Yeah.

Start one in the canteen.

Dance on the tables...

Look, Mehran, I'm serious.

...with the professors.

Who are you gonna find

to be in a dance group?

Look, it's illegal, right?

Dance is illegal.

It's not illegal, technically.

- It's forbidden.

Yeah, okay, forbidden.

But totally forbidden.

Come on, Naser. So's vodka.

Wait, so you want us

to start a dance group?

No, I want us to take control of our lives.

You know, have somewhere that's ours,

where we can create.

"Somewhere that's ours. "

Yeah, with no rules.

No rules, huh?

I'd love to dance.

- Mona.

- What?

You guys are crazy.

So, how would we do it?

Well, we'd have to keep it a secret.

Who's going to teach us?

YouTube.

YouTube? Cyrus is right. You are crazy.

Just because you can't dance.

Look, this isn't a joke, Mona.

You get caught dancing, you go to prison.

You know what happened to my friend.

Just a few months in Evin,

and his hair was white.

We hear you, Naser.

Yeah, come on, Naser, no one wants that.

You know, when I dance,

I feel free.

You know,

it's like no one can take that away.

It's limitless.

- So, you really want this?

- I do.

Mehran, what do you think?

It's different.

An underground dance company.

No, I think it's a great idea.

We need somewhere to rehearse.

There's nowhere in the university.

What about your cousin?

She owns that old building, right?

- The printing factory?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's empty.

Maybe there's somewhere there.

No one would know.

Except the Basij.

In a disused printing factory?

Tell her it's for extra studies.

Yeah, just say it's for

theater studies, something like that.

We just need one quiet room.

Something out of sight.

It's perfect.

Yes!

Yeah, no, of course, of course.

As long as it's safe.

Let's start tomorrow.

Are we sure it's going to be secure?

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