Biography

When i was 5 years old my sister started line dancing, followed one year later by my mother and stepfather. I used to go with them, but was always rather bored and tried to find an easy chair to sleep in. sometimes I was so bored that I tried to join in the line dance movements. At long last I joined the club of line dancers. I didn’t like it much but it was better than doing nothing which I usually did. Contrary to everybody’s expectations I started to like it very much. I was 6 years old

when I danced with Corina Beelen. When I was 7, I was ready for my first competition, although I wasn’t a real dancer. I was only in it for the fun. There were more small competitions in which I took part, usually with disappointing results. The turning-point came when I was 8 years old: suddenly the feeling of wanting more than being just another competitor came over me. My dancing improved and improved, and I started to win now and then. That’s how I grew into it and stretched my limits continually. When I was 13 I started to dance with Wally and Ria van ‘t Hul, who in a very short time prepared me for the World Championships in Veldhoven, The Netherlands in 2002 when I was 14 years old. I won the silver medal overall! From that moment on dancing became serious business for me, and I also took up Latin dancing for one year which helped me on my way enormously.

Together with Suzanne Halfers I entered two competitions Latin dancing. When I was 16 I went to Budel to get a taste of classical dancing at Carla de Groot’s. This appeared to be a great challenge to me and I opened another door on my dancing career. It was a huge change for me. Ballet has helped me tremendously in all my dancing and has changed my outlook o dancing and also on the world outside dancing. At – the age of – 17 I auditioned for the Fontys Dance Academy and MBO Dancing in Sittard.

I was accepted in Sittard and,unfortunately, had to leave Carla de Groot’s school. After six months I found out that I wanted to be a DANCER and that the school was not the right one for me, so I decided to quit and try again for the Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg. At last I was successful. I gained a lot of experience there e.g. at the Fontys dance festival and I was fortunate to be able to dance in the opera La Traviata in Zurich, Switzerland. It didn’t turn out to be the right choice either so I went back to the MBO Dancing, this time in Haarlem. I also moved house to Haarlem.In 2008 I also started taking part in Hip Hop Freestyle competitions and so far this pans out very well. The World Championships Lin Dance was my last line dance competition: I decided that line dancing is not my future. After my decision it went in a whole different direction. Hip hop competitions Jazz/Contemporary Competitions. I decided to become the dancer I would love to be. and bring my self where i wanna go.Now I'm teaching and Dancing and choreographing around the world.

Live for dancing and dancing will live for you.