Toni Lander née Pihl Petersen (1931–1985) was a Danish ballerina who specialized in the ballets of August Bournonville.
She returned to the Falconer Centre in Copenhagen in 1959, where both she and her husband were widely acclaimed, preparing the way for Etudes at the Royal Danish Theatre.
She appeared in a more extensive repertoire, including Miss Julie and The Moon Reindeer by the Swedish choreographer Birgit Culberg, as well as Antony Tudor's Jardin aux Lilas.
When Flemming Flindt became artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet in 1966, he invited Toni Lander to appear as a guest dancer in 1967.
She demonstrated her wide experience by dancing the pas de deux from Don Quixote, Eliza in Bournonville's Konservatoriet and the title role from Miss Julie, all in one evening.
[1] After she and Harald Lander had divorced in 1964, in January 1966 she married the American dancer Bruce Marks with whom she had three children: Eric Anthony (1968), Adam Christopher (1970), Kenneth Rikard (1974).
In 1976, Marks was invited to become artistic director of Ballet West in Salt Lake City, and Lander once again followed her husband, becoming head of training there.