Debra Rose, dancer and GYROTONIC® Master Trainer, is currently the Executive Director of San Francisco GYROTONIC® and performs with the San Francisco Opera Ballet. As a dancer she trained at the School of American Ballet, and danced with Oakland Ballet and San Francisco Ballet before joining Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, where she performed from 1984 to 2001. In addition to being a principal dancer at LINES Ballet, she served as the company Ballet Mistress, and assisted Mr. King in setting ballets on various companies including The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Dance Theater of Harlem, and Alvin Ailey. In conjunction with her dance career, Debra has been working with the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® for more than 20 years. Being one of the first GYROTONIC® Master Trainers, Debra works very closely with Juliu Horvath, the founder and creator of the GYROTONIC® Expansion System, with the development and implementation of the curriculum and syllabus for the advanced course work which is currently being used to train trainers around the world. She serves as primary coordinator and organizer for special GYROTONIC® workshops and events given by Mr. Horvath.