bio

Susan McKenzie

Drop me a line at susan(at)susanmckenzie(dot)ca.

I have a lifelong relationship with dance.

Performance (Dancemakers, RMDW, TIDE and independent projects, teaching, writing, rehearsal direction, artistic direction (Susan McKenzie Solo Projects, SMcK Dance, jumpstart performance society).

Formative influences: Dianne Miller, Linda Putnam, and endless collaborative discoveries with the Necessary Angel Theatre Company, New Dance Horizons, MascallDance, and as a contributor to theatre productions.

I've taught from the Stratford Festival and Simon Fraser University to impromptu gaggles of the many-aged imaginative. I work with MascallDance, volunteer for the Vietnam Education Society and I'm a member of the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society (SEACHS) Board of Directors.

My husband, daughter, homestays, animals, and I live in North Vancouver.

BFA Hons. Fine Arts York University; recipient of awards and support from the British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario Arts Councils, the Laidlaw Foundation, and the Canada Council of the Arts.

Photo credit: Kim Schachte, Red Tent 2021

COVER Image: Agniesza Brzesanzka, Loie Fuller, 2010