Sorour Darabi

Sorour Darabi  is a self-taught Iranian artist living and working in Paris.
Working actively in Iran, s/he was part of the underground organisation ICCD, whose festival Untimely (Teheran) hosted their work before their departure for France. During studies at the CCN de Montpellier s/he created the solo Subject to Change, a performance that questions transformation with regards to time and one’s cohabitation with an environment.
In 2016, s/he created Farci.e, a solo dealing with notions of language, gender identity and sexuality, premièring at the Festival Montpellier Danse. In 2018, s/he created Savušun, an ode to vulnerability, to affect and to beings who are affected, inspired by the grieving ceremonies of the Muharram, that deals with emotions: grief, fear, and suffering. S/he has also performed with Jule Flierl and Pauline Brun. Her/his work has toured extensively in Europe, finding an echo on contemporary sensibility concerning insidious forms af authority. Darabi reaffirms the beauty of permanently changing living gesture. In 2020-2021, upon invitation from the Brussels Kunstenfestivaldesarts, they created Mowgli, inspired by the jungle as an infinite territory at the crossroads of contemporary myths.