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Born 1970 in Soweto/South Africa.

Even though his artistic livelihood is cut on the touring circuits of the Northern and Western hemispheres, Boyzie Cekwana chooses to live and work in South Africa. Much of his work is invested in developing deep connections within and across Africa.

His work has graced the repertoire of companies such as the Scottish Dance Theatre and The Washington Ballet.

Boyzie Cekwana | Wexner Center for the Arts

He has performed and presented his work across Africa, Europe and North and South America. Although he is principally an autodidact, his formal, tertiary education was realized through the Johannesburg Dance Foundation (from 1987 to 1990). From 1996, he was choreographer and Artistic Director of The Floating Outfit Project; he is now leading a new structure, randomirekshnz.

He is in a cycle of a three-and-a-half-year collaborative exchange with Faustin Linyekula’s Studios Kabako (DRC) to create momentum and mobility for South African and Congolese dance makers. This group of ar Boyzie Cekwana - Festival de Marseille XUFEK