Rose Kirshner started dancing at Berkeley Ballet Theater at age four, and she continues to dance in the Bay Area. She studied ballet and modern dance through high school and college. Rose graduated magna cum laude from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle with a BFA in Dance.  Since returning to the Bay Area she has performed with Hanna Rose Stangebye, Catherine Liu, Blue Scorpion Dance Theater, and No Strings Attached Dance Company.  In addition to dancing, Rose also worked as a pointe shoe fitter at San Francisco Dancewear for four years. When she learned that San Francisco Dancewear was closing its doors, Rose started making plans to open a new dance store.  SF Dance Gear is the result.  Rose is happy to be sharing her passion for dance with the Bay Area dance community.

Emily grew up in Sonoma, California where she also started dancing at eleven years old. She studied ballet and performed with Sonoma Conservatory of Dance until the end of high school. After taking a short break from dancing, she joined the dance program at San Francisco State University where she studied a wide range of dance styles including: ballet, modern, jazz, and Filipino folk dance. Besides being a dance major, she additionally pursued a minor in Biology. Joining the team at SF Dance Gear has been the most fun and fulfilling experience for her, especially since fitting pointe shoes had always been something she was curious to learn more about. Helping customers find exactly what they need to be the best dancers they can be is what she’s here for! 

Damara started taking lessons in tap, ballet and jazz at age seven.  At age 10, she fell in love with classical ballet and began her training at San Francisco and Boston Ballet’s Summer Intensives for several summers as a pre-teen. She also performed in numerous Nutcrackers, regional ballets and the like in Northern Ca. Her love of the stage took her to acting and enrolling in classes at A. C. T in SF and where she later joined the American Blues Theatre company for several years before moving to New York in the early 2000’s.  Damara studied acting at The William Esper Studio in NYC during the five years she lived there.  After the birth of her son in SF, she went back to ballet classes at The Academy of Ballet with the wonderful Zory and Elizabeth. She continues to take class weekly in her now hometown near Santa Cruz. She is happy to be working part-time at SFDG and is constantly learning new things!  

Alara grew up in Istanbul, Turkey and started ballet when she was 3 years old. She moved to San Francisco in 2018 to study music and dance at San Francisco State University where she explored styles other than ballet such as modern, jazz, contemporary and tap dance. She recently graduated and has started working at SF Dance Gear to continue being around the amazing dance community in the Bay Area and to share the joy of dancing with them.