When it all started…
The first time I got in touch with Salsa was where I used to go out with my friends, I just picked up some moves here and there, Salsa felt immediatly like a real passion to me so I started dancing around 1996. Only a year later I became two time national champion in the Dutch competion and in 1998, I became 2nd in the European competition in London. After this competition, my international career started.

I started and still teach Amsterdam, my styles and specialties are on 1, on 2 and Cuban. I really enjoy it and I love to teach and give mostly class in partnerwork, footwork, styling and techniques, body movement, leading, choreography class and showteam training.

Events where I taught and peformed

Salsa after hour school event, Ireland
1st salsa congress, Oslo, Norway 2003
Birmingham weekenders 2003/ 2004/ 2005
1st and 2nd salsa congress, Dublin, Ireland
1st salsa congress, Berlin, Germany
Salsa congress, Toronto, Canada 2004
1st salsa congress, Bremen, Germany
salsa congress, Hamburg, Germany
European congress, Paris, France 2005
5th salsa congress, Cannes, France 2005
Salsa congress, Marseille, France 2005
2nd SalsaSuri congress, Surinam 2006
1st Slovenian salsa congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1st Mambo congress, Paris, France 2007
Salsa sunrise weekender, Belgium
Brussels salsa congress, Brussels, Belgium
1st Amsterdam salsa festival, the Netherlands, 2008
Monaco congress, 2008
The Pontis weekenders, 2008
1st Scottish Salsa congress, Edinburgh, 2009
2nd Amsterdam Salsa Festival,the Netherlands, 2009

Salsa projects
I performed and jugded at the Competition for WSF (World Salsa Federation), Miami, USA and I also joined and had much fun with the Salsa holidays from Salsa tours in Malaga and Barcelona in Spain.

In 2005, I did the latin part choreography for the video clip from the famous teenage pop Group CH!PZ for their hit Carnaval, wich was a number 1 hit. The video shoot took place in Euro Disney in Paris.

Showteams
Eurolatinos showgroup was the first showgroup I joined, that was directed by Rina Bernabella, we performed a lot in the Netherlands and at the 1st Berlin Salsa congress.

In 2006, I started ViP  dance academy, show team with Vanessa Mambi