{{Short description|Iranian-born French choreographer}} '''Sorour Darabi''' ({{langx|fa|سرور دارابی}}; born in 1990, Shiraz) is an Iranian dancer and choreographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coreia.pt/contribuidores/sorour-darabi-ســـرور-دارابی/|title=Sorour Darabi|website=Coreia|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> S.he is a member of the ICCD, an underground association that organised the ''Untimely'' festival in Tehran.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://fta.ca/en/archive/savusun/|title=Savušun|website=FTA|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref> Since 2013, s.he is based in Paris because s.he is a representative of a form of dance that is taboo in Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pzazz.theater/recensies/dans/savusun-sorour-darabi|title=Queerness bij kaarslicht|website=plaza theater}}</ref>
In 2013, Darabi started studying dance in France.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Makereel|first=Catherine|date=17 May 2018|title=Sorour Darabi, mise à " mâle ", au KunstenFestival|journal=Le Soir|pages=20}}</ref> S.he entered the ''Exerce'' master program at CCN (Centre Chorégraphique National) in Montpellier. ''Subject to change,'' a performance about transformations that occur in relation to time and various places, is the result of Darabi's master program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://fta.ca/en/archive/savusun/|title=Savušun|website=FTA|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
== S.he == Darabi uses the pronoun "s.he" instead of the traditional binary-based pronouns ''he'' or ''she'', explaining: <blockquote>“I don't define myself as a trans artist but a non-binary one.…, I insist on this inclusive process which is close to what I am experiencing. Assigned woman at my birth, I am in transition and in permanent transformation. I'm looking for fluidity in the gender."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/scenes/article/2018/06/20/danse-sorour-darabi-fluide-dans-son-geste-et-son-genre_5318042_1654999.html|title=Danse : Sorour Darabi, fluide dans son geste et son genre|date=2018-06-20|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|language=fr|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref></blockquote>
In 2016, Darabi was interviewed in the context of the performance of ''Farci.e'' on the festival Montpellier Danse. In the interview, s.he explained the differences of public debate on gender in France and Iran. Darabi's sexual identity is subversive and political in the Iranian context. Accordingly, in Iran sex reassignment surgery is allowed by the authorities only to hinder the formation of homosexual relations. Therefore, it is only a way of preserving the heterosexual norms. The Iranian government prefers transgender individuals who go through the operation rather than having citizens with complex gender identity or homosexuals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://information.tv5monde.com/info/sorour-darabi-en-iran-la-question-du-genre-est-taboue-111790|title=Interview TV5Monde|date=8 June 2016|website=tv5monde|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
== Career == In 2016, Darabi created a solo performance called ''Farci.e'' which is about language as a gendered discourse.<ref name="Kunstenfestivaldesarts">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kfda.be/en/program/farcie|title=Farci.e, Kunstenfestivaldesarts}}</ref> It explores the notions of "language, gender identity and sexuality."<ref name=":0" />
Among Darabi's other projects S''avušun'' (2019) is a prominent one that examines grief and its effect in Iranian culture.<ref name="Kunstenfestivaldesarts" /> Darabi has participated in several international festivals including Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Belgium and Onassis in Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onassis.org/whats-on/body-politics/farcie|title=Onassis}}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links == * [https://www.kfda.be/en/program/farcie Kunstenfestvaldesarts official website] * [https://www.meteores.org/sorour-darabi?lang=en Official Website of Météores] * [https://www.workspacebrussels.be/en/artist/sorour-darabi Official website of workspacebrussesls] * [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/theatre/555302/savusun-corps-theatre Official website of ledevoir]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Darabi, Sorour}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Iranian female dancers Category:Iranian LGBTQ dancers Category:Iranian women choreographers Category:Iranian choreographers Category:Iranian non-binary people Category:LGBTQ choreographers Category:Non-binary dancers