Melinda Green Traves has a Master of Arts degree in Education, specialising in Dance Teaching, with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Dance/University of Bath. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from The Boston Conservatory, is a graduate of the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts, and trained at the Boston Ballet School. Melinda holds Registered Teacher Status with the RAD, is a member of the ISTD, and, most importantly, is a Silver Swans licensee.

A former professional dancer in ballet and musical theatre, Melinda has been teaching and choreographing dance for over 14 years to children and adults of all ages. She is also a Lecturer in Dance Education at the Royal Academy of Dance and is Head of Ballet at the Lucy Lovick Dance School in South East London.

Special interests include history of dance and musical theatre, Laban Movement Analysis, community dance, dance repertoire, and choreography. Beyond dance, a chair by a lake with a good book is hard to beat.