Faculty

AIPA’s faculty consists of highly-trained educators with diverse professional, and personal backgrounds, who are also accomplished performers in their own right.

Sarah Faouri

Director of Dance

Sarah Faouri began dancing at the National Center for Culture and Arts in Amman at the age of six. After completing her Royal Academy of Dance examination, Sarah continued her professional training at Danceworks Berlin, from which she graduated with a degree in contemporary dance and choreography in 2021.

Sarah has performed works by renowned choreographers such as Christina Mertzani, Heidi Weiss, and Michael Langeneckert at varioustheaters across Berlin. Additionally, she choreographed for and performed with MISK Dance Company at the Amman Contemporary Dance Festival in 2022 and 2023.

Sarah now heads the dance department at the Amman Institute of Performing Arts and leads the Sarab Dance Collective, both initiatives of Bank al Etihad Foundation.