She is a native of Belgium, having received training at the Municipal Institute for Ballet, in Antwerp Belguim. She participated in various plays during her education, including 'Joint Venture', 'Initiatie', 'Fanfare', a fragment from 'The Three Muskateers' and in her final season at the Institute for ballet (1996/1997) , she played in 'Self Made', a production done by all last-year students. She was an orphan in Annie (Royal Youth Theatre), Liesl in The Sound of Music (Royal Ballet of Flanders), Jemima) in Cats in Antwerp, (Carre Theater Producties/ Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen), had several roles as swing in Cats (New London). She is currently playing in the UK tour of the musical Carousel as Louise. NOTE: Veerle has a wonderful voice. She was dubbed in the video because at the time her English wasn't good enough. - Vince