• Born in Harlem, the Netherlands
• Trained at the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam
• Trained at the Royal BAllet School in London
• 1996 : Joined Dutch National Ballet
• 1997 : Elève of the Dutch Ntnl Ballet
• 1998 : Promoted to Member of the Corps de Ballet
• 1999 : Promoted to Coryphée
• 2000 : Promoted to Grand Sujet
• 2002 : Promoted to Soloist
• 2003 : Promoted to Principal

Awards : 

• 1995 : Arnold Haskell Award
• 2002 : Incentive Prize Danserfonds 79
• 2003 : Alexandra Radins Prize