Susan Roemer is a Bay Area-based costume designer specializing in creative collaboration for dance and film under her own label S-Curve Apparel & Design. Prior to her career in costume design, Susan worked as a professional dancer across the country, most notably with Smuin Ballet in San Francisco for nine years. Since 2012, Roemer has designed and constructed costumes for San Francisco Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Ballet West, Ballet Memphis, AXIS Dance Company, Tulsa Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, BalletMet, Ballet Austin, Eugene Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, and Red Panel Creative among others. Roemer was awarded an Isadora Duncan Award for Visual Design of Amy Seiwert’s Wandering in 2017. In 2020, Susan launched a retail brand, TangentFit, blending stage design with studio functionality. Her experience as a performer has informed her design perspective, blending fashion with the unique demands of dressing artists for stage.