Melanie Aceto is a certified Pilates Mat instructor from the Kane School of Core Integration in New York City. In addition to private clients in New York City and Rochester, NY, Melanie has taught group Pilates classes for the Hudson Athletic Club, Palisades Fitness and Wellness Center, World Gym, SWEAT Fitness, the Jewish Community Center, Lion's Fountain Fitness and a semester-long course at SUNY Brockport. Melanie is also a modern dancer and choreographer who has performed in NYC with Barry Blumenfeld's Tap Fusion, Ellis Wood's Wood Dance, Monica Bill Barnes, and Guta Hedewig. Please visit the web site of Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance for more information.

Melanie's study in Pilates began in 1995 with Kathy Grant at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance. Melanie has been a professor of dance at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, SUNY Brockport, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and is currently Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo.