Vivien trained at The Royal Ballet for eight year as well as in classical and contemporary dance. She is considered one of Britain’s leading contemporary dancers. She has danced in Montreal, Sydney, Paris and Hong Kong with The Michael Clark Company and DV8 Physical Theatre. Currently, she divides her time working across the UK and Europe teaching contemporary dance companies and physical theatres at home and internationally, such as DV8, National Dance Company Wales as well as working at the Grotowski Institute in Poland. She is the 2012 Associate Choreographic Artist for Dance City (UK).