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Kendall Alway
BFA, PT, DPT
Owner of SFPAPT
Kendall Alway PT, DPT is a former professional dancer with over 20 years of ballet training and 21 years of experience as a dance physical therapist. In 2013 she founded SF Performing Arts PT in San Francisco, CA and in 2021, launched Pointe Safe, a continuing education program for ballet teachers. She is the former director of the ODC Healthy Dancers' Clinic and is on clinical faculty for the University of California San Francisco, Samuel Merritt University, and Rocky Mountain University. She has presented at the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS), Harvard University’s Spaulding Rehab Hospital, and the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). Other credits include work with the Dance/USA Task Force on Dancers’ Health and previous instruction in Dance Medicine electives for the UCSF PT Department. Kendall has had the honor and privilege of treating dancers from most of the major dance companies in San Francisco and is on contract with San Francisco Ballet, Lines Ballet and Sean Dorsey Dance (among other local companies). Her practice welcomes students, professionals, and individuals of all ages (including non-dancers).
Ariell Gross
PT, DPT
Ariell Gross, PT, DPT is a Bay Area native, she attended UC Santa Cruz for her undergraduate education, and received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2021. Ariell has experience providing physical therapy services to professional, recreational, and adolescent dancers as well as other performance artists and athletes. She is proud to offer up-to-date, evidence-based treatment methods while also working in partnership with each patient to create an individualized and successful plan of care. She has training in strength and conditioning concepts which she uses to help people rehab from injuries as well as improve their athletic capacity. Ariell has over 20 years of dance experience including ballet, modern, jazz, tap, contemporary, hip hop, and belly dance. Her current exercise routine involves strength training, jogging, fusion belly dance and hip hop classes, and hiking.
Erin Yen
Clinic Administrator
Erin Yen is the Clinic Administrator for SF Performing Arts Physical Therapy. She is a freelance professional dancer and choreographer currently residing in the Bay Area. She is the founder of Dragons Dance and has performed for individuals and dance companies across the country. Erin holds a BFA with Distinction in Dance from the Ohio State University. She is fluent in Laban Movement Analysis, and she was the first to Labanotate work from acclaimed choreographer Doug Varone. She is thrilled to be serving dancers and movers of all kinds through San Francisco Performing Arts Physical Therapy.
Marie Hamel
Marketing Director,
Pointe Safe Coordinator
Marie joined SF Performing Arts Physical Therapy in April 2025 as the Marketing Director and Pointe Safe Coordinator. She holds a B.B.A. in Marketing with a minor in Dance from the University of San Francisco, where she discovered her passion for blending digital marketing with the performing arts. Marie is also a professional contemporary dancer and choreographer in the Bay Area.