Teachers
Ballet Train Teaching Staff & Assistants
Established 1992
Our Teachers
Debra Bradnum – LRAD RTS
Founder of Ballet Train, Debra graduated from the Royal Ballet School and then danced with London Festival Ballet, the National Ballet of Portugal, London City Ballet, Vienna Festival Ballet and The Dancers Company.
She was previously the Head of Dance at The Sylvia Young Theatre School and taught at The Urdang Academy and London Studio Centre prior to founding Ballet Train.
Debra is a Royal Academy of Dance Certified Teacher.
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Mischa Goodman – BA
Starting his ballet education at Ballet Train Mischa went on to attend the Royal Ballet School White Lodge and then graduated from the Dutch National Ballet Academy.
After graduation, Mischa joined Finnish National Ballet for two seasons and then continued on to dance with English National Ballet and in various freelance projects. He is currently a Coryphée with Sarasota Ballet.
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Gene Goodman – BA
Starting his ballet education at Ballet Train, Gene went on to attend the Royal Ballet School White Lodge and then graduated from the Dutch National Ballet Academy.
After graduation, Gene joined Introdans in the Netherlands. He then went on to join the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre of Czechia where he is currently a company artist.
Our teachers are former or current professional dancers and are fully DBS-checked.