Credentials & Experience

Certified advanced-level Ericksonian Coach (Erickson International) with twenty years’ experience in artistic leadership, practice and facilitation.

Various speaking engagements including: Singapore Night Festival (Singapore), Weiwuying Circus Platform, National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts (Taiwan), The Independent Street Arts Network Ideas Summit (UK), and Bangor University/ Pontio art, technology and science centre (Wales).

Artistic Director and governing board member of Acrojou Arts & Theatre company for 18 years. Performances in 23 countries, with audiences in the hundreds of thousands. Programming and commissioning partners included The National Theatre London, The British Museum, The V&A, The Royal Opera House and the British Council (South Korea).

Artistic works can be found in print in: ‘Handbook of The Unknowable' (Meta:Morph, Trondheim International Biennale for Art and Technology), 'Mobitecture: Architecture on the Move' (Phaidon), and 'The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk: Contemporary Philosophy, Neo-Victorian Aesthetics and the Future' (Bloomsbury Visual), as well as worldwide via the national tourism agency ‘Visit Britain’, plus media coverage of Acrojou in The Times, MSN, Flickr, Huffington Post, ABC News, Trendhunter, Design Taxi, The Moscow Times, The Stage, Londonist, Architects Planet, Architizer, and more than 300 other online and print publications, in over 15 languages.

‘The coaching sessions were transformative. They provided me with valuable tools and perspectives that empowered me to take meaningful steps toward my goals with greater clarity and purpose. (…) I clarified my core values, set meaningful goals, and developed actionable plans with a clear vision and structured steps. This process has empowered me to make purposeful progress toward achieving my aspirations.’’

Vanya Doncheva | HR Consultant and Coach