David Middendorp began dancing at the Royal Conservatory at the age of 16. He soon felt a greater attraction towards Modern dance and changed to the Rotterdam Dance Academy. Here he won the Dansersfonds scholarship of ’79, which enabled him to study for three months at the Julliard School in New York. The company where Middendorp began his professional career was Introdans. Here he danced in works by choreographers such as Nils Christe, Ton Wiggers en Conny Janssen.

戴维·米登道普16岁时开始在皇家音乐学院学习舞蹈。但不久之后，由于对现代舞的浓厚兴趣，他转学到了鹿特丹舞蹈学校。1979年，他在那儿获得了“舞蹈家基金会”的奖学金，这笔钱让他在纽约的朱丽亚音乐学院进行了三个月的学习。米登道普的职业生涯开始于荷兰机构Introdans。在这里，他参演了Nils Christe, Ton Wiggers 以及Conny Janssen等大师导编的舞蹈作品。

He went on to dance with the Saarländische Staats Ballet and the Ballet Theater Munich. His piece Dreamsketch, made in Munich was taken on the repertoire in 2005. With this last-mentioned company he created his first choreographies Breadpiece (2002) and Dreamsketch (2003).

之后他相继在萨尔州州立芭蕾舞蹈团以及慕尼黑芭蕾舞剧院从事舞蹈表演。米登道普相继在慕尼黑芭蕾剧院创作了他的首部作品《面包片》（2002）和第二部作品《梦的素描》（2003）。他的第二部作品于2005年开始正式上演。

In 2004, Middendorp returned to The Hague, where he presented a remake of his duet Breadpiece for Korzo Productions in the program Four Steps Forward. His second choreography for Korzo Productions, As it Fades (2004 CaDance Festival), was also conspicuous through Middendorp's ingenious combination of dance and technology. At the 2006 Voorjaarsontwaken Middendorp presented Kruimeldief, his first choreography for the youth. In 2006, he was invited to participate in the first DansClick tour with this creation.

2004年，米登道普回到海牙，为准备Korzo的项目《向前四步》而对他的首部作品《面包片》进行了再创作。他为Korzo剧场创作的第二部作品《As it Fades》(2004年CaDance 舞蹈节演出剧目 )也是一出完美融合舞蹈与技术的惊艳之作。2006年，米登道普了推出了他第一部特别为年轻人所创作的舞蹈，也是在同一年，他受邀参加了首届DansClick巡回音乐节的演出。

In 2009 Middendorp, back on familiar ground in Korzo, presented the choreography 15 minutes universe at Korzo's mini dance festival Here We Live and Now. The performance has been selected for several festivals like Lowlands and Oerol and for the Dutch tour DansClick.

2009年，米登道普回到了熟悉的Korzo剧场，并在Korzo迷你舞蹈节“此时此地，我们活着”中呈现了他的舞蹈作品《15分钟的宇宙》。这部作品已被多个音乐节选作表演节目，例如Lowlands和Oerol音乐节以及DansClick的荷兰巡回音乐节