Artist
Boyzie Cekwana (ZA)
Boyzie started his dance training in Soweto. A keenness for collaborating has seen him collaborate with artists in Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe as well as North America.
He has graced stages at the Theatre de la Ville, Paris, ImpulsTanz, in Vienna, Montpellier International Festival de Danse, the Lyon Biennale, to name a few. A key player in organising a voice for contemporary dance evolution in Southern Africa and elsewhere, he has initiated and has been invited to lend voice to numerous initiatives that seek to advance the cause for the discipline. He is a player in the creation of a regional, southern African collaborative with artists in Mozambique, Madagascar, the DRC, La Reunion and Zimbabwe.
In 2006 & 7, he was Artistic Director of the Jomba! Contemporary Dance Festival in Durban, South Africa. After a three-year hiatus from performing and creating, he is working on his newest project, a trilogy that began with the solo, Influx Controls: I wanna be wanna be, as well as “The Inkomati (dis)cord”, a project with Mozambican artists. Along with some key contemporaries in Johannesburg, he is currently engaged in the setting up of a collective to address the resurgence of contemporary dance in South Africa.
Photo: © Boyzie Cekwana