Roni Mahler is a former ballerina trained by the renowed Madame Maria Yurieva Swoboda in her native New York City. She performed principal roles with American Ballet Theatre and the National Ballet of Washington (D.C) after beginning her career as a teenager with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her New York City ballet teaching credits include the Alvin Ailey School, Ballet Acedemy East, Ballet Tech, The Joffrey School,and Juilliard. Roni is currently a featured Master class teacher at many well known dance teacher conventions.