Riding the line between art and technology, MacKenzie Rosenberg (“Raoh”, Randall; he/him), born in Louisville, KY, has found comfort in working in both in various art medium as well as digital spaces. This curiosity for both worlds has evolved into a passion and has not only led him to share his unique skill set as an dancer, choreographer, actor and roller skater across the country for the last 20 years, but also has fed into his growing technology and digital content brand, SHANGO.
MacKenzie has been a mover since the age of 12, ushered into the medium by way of street dance. Upon relocation to New Orleans in 2006, he choreographed and coordinated his own street performance group, the CND Asylum.
MacKenzie began working as a teaching artist with Community Works of Louisiana while pursuing his Sociology degree at Dillard University. It was through that work, he worked closely with Laura Stein, co-founder of Dancing Grounds and began working as Marketing Coordinator for the organization before transitioning into K-8 Youth Programs Director (New Orleans, LA). MacKenzie also served as lead choreographer and coordinator for “The Squad”, Dancing Grounds Performance troupe active 2022-2023. MacKenzie has shared stages with various New Orleans dance and theater entities since 2009, including The NOLA Project, Goat In The Road, KM Dance Project, BUKU Dance Krewe and Liquid Rhythm Inc.
MacKenzie currently serves as a Success Coach at New Orleans Career Center, there he directly supports certificate-seeking adult trainees along their journey, ensuring that no obstacles impede their success.
MacKenzie has always had an insatiable appetite for technology, self-teaching himself HTML at thirteen. Through SHANGO Sites and SHANGO Gaming, MacKenzie has been hard at work to sketch his own place in the digital landscape.