Sorour Darabi

Sorour Darabi is a self-taught Iranian artist currently living in Paris.

Before joining the choreographic master’s program at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier in 2013, she/he was a member of the underground association ICCD, and presented various works at the Teheranian festival "Untimely". Between 2013 and 2015, while studying at the Centre Chorégraphique National , she/he created "Subject to Change", which questions the processes of transformation through time and through cohabitation with the environment.

In 2016 she/he presented "Farci.e" at the Montpellier Danse festival, a performance that deals with the meaning of language, gender, gender identity, and sexuality.

Sorour Darabi’s newest project, "Savušun", an ode to fragility and to sensitive creatures, is rooted in the traditional ceremonies of mourning during the month of Muharram (ceremonies also known as Ashura, the commemoration of the death Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the prophet Muhammed, at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. It focuses on the intimate sensation and the public display of grief, suffering and fear.

She/he performed in projects by Jule Flierl and Pauline Brun, and will perform in the next project by Paula Pi.