Ronni Maciel was born in Carmo, Brazil. At the Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa and Ballet Dalal Achcar in Rio de Janeiro he studied classical ballet and choreography, among other things. Since 2006 he has lived and worked in Germany, dancing since 2007 for Constanza Macras | DorkyPark at the Schaubühne, the HAU and the Festspielhaus Hellerau. In 2013 he choreographed the German premiere of Chico Buarque’s Ópera do Malandro (the “Brazilian Beggar’s Opera“) at the Neuköllner Oper. 2016 he was employed as a dancer for Francis Bacon by Ismael Ivo und Johann Kresnik at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart. In addition to appearances in films, such as with his role as Josephine Baker in Julian Rosefeldt’s Deep Gold, and the development of solo dance pieces, Ronni works as a choreographer for productions of the prison theatre aufBruch.

In 2016 he danced for the opera Orfeo Ed Euridice at the Berlin State Opera. 2018 he choreographed and played in the music video Fault Lines From von Enri Lang. Additionally he directed and choreographed his piece 4 Minutes Scan for the Goethe-Institut in Cairo. In 2019 he danced for Der Palast (The Palace) of Constanza Macras | DorkyPark at the Volksbühne. Furthermore, he choreographed and played as Der Indio for La Forza Del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2020 he was also involved in various choreographies, including at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Ronni Maciel regularly gives dance workshops and works closely with productions of the Junges Deutsches Theater. In Complex of Tensions by Jasco Viefhues, which had its premiere in October 2020, was his first time performing at Ballhaus Naunynstraße