Boyzie Cekwana, along with Faustin Linyekula (see page 29), is one of Africa’s most acclaimed choreographers. His works haven been presented at the big European dance festivals and he has toured world-wide with his artists collective founded in 1996. At the festival, he presents the world premiere of his solo «Influx Controls: I wanna be wanna be», in which he examines his identity against the backdrop of Apartheid and global colonialism. Cekwana, who grew up in Soweto, bases his latest work on the «influx controls», a system of rigid pass laws implemented by the South African government in 1923, which prevented black Africans from settling in cities and dominated their economic, political, educational, social and cultural reality for years. «I can’t escape history», says Cekwana. (esc)