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The beautiful, hilarious, and empowering Tracee Ellis Ross has taken her charm to the screen again – but this time in tribute to her mother, Diana Ross.

The daughter of the disco diva recreated Ross’ 1981 music video “Work That Body,” and the internet can’t look away.

Ross, 42, dances around in front of a white background in a series of bright-colored bodysuits, and with all the right moves and bountiful curls, she pays homage to her legendary mom’s hit while celebrating her own body.

Ellis Ross wrote on her website:

I was watching and thinking: why does watching this woman dancing around in barely any clothes with her tush to the camera make me feel joyful and empowered when the same kind of image in most music videos today doesn’t give me that feeling? I know this is my mom… so obviously I’m projecting a connection and I know it was a different time, it was the 80’s. But still, it didn’t feel like she was dancing as a presentation of herself or like she was offering up her bits, which I feel like most videos are these days. Often in today’s images (moving and still), we are being objectified or we objectifying ourselves. I think it is meant to be an empowered act, a reclaiming of our bodies. But that is not always what it feels like to me. I am not intending to judge, just exploring with curiosity.

And then it hit me: My mom felt whole and connected …and in her body in this video. I have spoken before about encouraging women to shift our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing and, more important, feeling. And I saw a woman feeling joyful in herself as a whole being; she didn’t seem to be presenting her ass or saying look at all the ways I can make myself look appealing to YOU. She seems to be saying, “this is ME feeling good and I am strong and sexy and joyful in ME!”

Ross continues to find creative ways to not only let her bright spirit shine, but to inspire women with her confidence, humor, and energy to love and embrace their true selves.

Check out the video below:

SOURCE: Tracee Ellis Ross | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty | VIDEO SOURCE: YouTube

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Tracee Ellis Ross “Works That Body” Just Like Her Mama  was originally published on newsone.com