Sussan Deyhim
| Sussan Deyhim | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sussan Deyhim |
| Origin | Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | singer, composer, dancer |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Labels |
Crammed Discs Venus Rising Records |
| Website | http://sussandeyhim.com/ |
Sussan Deyhim is an Iranian composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist.
From 1971 (at age thirteen) to 1975, she was part of Pars National Ballet in Iran, affiliated with Persian National Television, and she traveled all across Iran studying with master folk musicians and dancers. In 1976, she joined The Bejart Ballet in Europe after receiving a scholarship to attend Bejart's performance art school Mudra where she was trained in many of the great world, dance, music and theater traditions as well as in classical ballet. Her music remains true to the spirit of her ancient heritage while pointing to the future with a very personal and poetic dramatic sensibility.
Deyhim is internationally known for creating a unique sonic and vocal language imbued with a sense of ritual and the unknown.
In 1980, she moved to New York City, embarking on a multifaceted career encompassing music, theatre, dance, media and film. She created/starred in ground breaking media operas at La Mama in the 1980s including Azax/ Attra and The Ghost of Ibn Sabah. In 2007 she moved to southern California. In 2010, the LA Times critic Mark Swed called her "one of Iran's most potent voices in exile for the simple reason that she possesses a marvelously potent voice." In 2015, in tribute to the Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad (d.1967), she created The House is Black, which she performed at UCLA, and Dawn of the Cold Season, a performance installation at the Shulamit Gallery in Venice, California.
Deyhim's wide-ranging collaborations with leading artists from across the spectrum of contemporary art have included Ornette Coleman, Bobby McFerrin, Peter Gabriel, Bill Laswell, Richard Horowitz,Rufus Wainwright, Marius De Vries, Hal Wilner, Mickey Hart, Branford Marsalis, Jerry Garcia, Will Calhoun, Karsh Kale, Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Jah Wobble, Talvin Singh, Adrian Sherwood and The Blue Man Group and with prominent female visual artists Shirin Neshat, Sophie Calle and Lita Albuquerque.
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