The Very Very Serious Faculty
(A.K.A The troublemakers behind the magic)
At IIVVSS, we didn’t simply “select faculty.”
We gathered a glorious, rebellious ensemble of storytellers, clowns, movers, thinkers, and social-art conspirators who share one fierce belief:
The street is the first stage, and art is the loudspeaker for change.
They come from everywhere — Lebanon, Italy, the UK, France, the USA — carrying decades of real-world experience from festivals, refugee camps, alleyways, classrooms, prisons, and those improvised stages life throws at you when you least expect it.
Together, they agree on one thing:
Art isn’t decoration. Art is a catalyst.
A spark. A dare. A civic intervention disguised as a performance.
Each instructor brings their own “secret sauce”:
- Methods shaped by global travels and local struggles;
- Pedagogies that mix rigor with mischief;
- Commitment to community-rooted theatre that refuses to stay quiet.
The result? Whether it’s clowning, movement, storytelling, or participatory theatre, our teachers don’t just teach technique; they bring field-tested wisdom, cultural sensitivity, emotional fluency, and the audacity to believe that sometimes all you need to shift a neighborhood is a performer, a street corner, and a story brave enough to be told.
Scroll down, take a bow, and meet the very serious troublemakers behind the magic.

Sabine Choucair
Clown in Chief & Artistic Director of the School
Chantal Mailhac
Music-maker and Story Shaker
Ailin Conant – Master of Moves Beyond Belief 
Denise Rinehart
Seriously Qualified Mask Ninja
Julia Yevnine
Female Gepetto for Giant Puppets
Hilary Ramsden
A red nose squacker and walker
Sophie Amieva
Larger Than Life Bouffon Master
Raghid Jreidini
Sound Plumber
Joelle Abou Chabke
Caméra Connaisseuse
