Underscore Alchemy: Extending the Underscore for Creative Artists

McKenzie, V. (2015). Underscore Alchemy: Extending the Underscore for creative artists. Contact Quarterly Contact Improvisation Newsletter 40(1), Winter/Spring 2015. ‘Underscore Alchemy’ is a research project designed to investigate how artists from disciplines outside the performing arts might engage with Nancy Stark Smith’s collaborative improvisation model, 

Review of ‘Isabelle of the Moon and Stars’

McKenzie, V. (2015). A Review of ‘Isabelle of the Moon and Stars’. Westerly, October 2, Perth, Australia. From the beginning of S.A. Jones’ Isabelle of the Moon and Stars, we learn that Isabelle is different. She is isolated from fellow passengers on a train when 

Let’s Make a Mess

McKenzie, Vahri (2015). Let’s make a mess. Dancewest, June 2015, 22-23. The work is an artists’ profile of Jacob Lehrer published in dancewest, the WA edition of the Australian Dance Council magazine. Lehrer is a leading independent dancer and choreographer. It draws on my case 

A WA Icon Loops the Loop

McKenzie, Vahri (2015). A WA icon loops the loop. Dancewest, March 2015, 8-9. The work is an artists’ profile of Chrissie Parrott, a choreographer of international standing, published in dance west, the WA edition of the Australian Dance Council magazine. It draws on my case 

Love You, Stranger

McKenzie, Vahri (2015). Love You, Stranger performance text, Short Cuts 2015. Perth, Australia: Strut Dance. A performance text about the true crime stories of three Australian women accompanying a work of contemporary dance choreographed by Shona Erskine. It explores the social and cultural attitudes that