Kate Broug trained in classical and contemporary dance at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Entry to the conservatory is highly selective, with thousands of applicants competing annually for approximately thirty-five places. The program operates on an elimination-based model with continuous assessment and no formal grading; progression depends on technical command, artistic development, and sustained performance under constant scrutiny. By graduation, only nine dancers from her original cohort remained.

During her high school years, Broug balanced the Netherlands’ most rigorous academic track, the Gymnasium, with daily ballet training.

Her work as a dancer received national and international recognition. Broug was featured in Het Parool, Amsterdam’s leading daily newspaper, for her dance portfolio and international trajectory. She was awarded multiple competitive scholarships to continue her training in New York City. Collectively, these grants supported professional development and extended study of the Martha Graham Technique in the United States, where she trained and performed with established institutions and companies.

Following her formal education, Broug worked as a professional dancer with modern and contemporary companies in Europe and the United States, including Sadler’s Wells Associate Choreographer Alexander Whitley, Conny Janssen Danst, Jon Ole Olstadt, and Milena Sidorova, among others. Her career included principal roles, collaboration with choreographers on new work, and participation in international productions and tours. Alongside performance, she managed freelance contracts and the practical demands of an independent artistic career.

Although she later stepped away from professional performance, dance remains foundational to how Broug approaches her work. The years of training established habits of preparation, physical awareness, and accountability that continue to inform her work in aviation, expedition-based filmmaking, and entrepreneurship.