Spontaneous Combustion 2012 – Dance exhibition

ARBEIT is delighted to host a 10 days dance photography exhibition taking part of “Spontaneous Combustion” festival held by ARtCH for the 2nd year in a row and part of the BIG DANCE 2012. The exhibition will showcase 4 international artists all focusing on dance and movement based art through their lens while exhibiting a different approach to
capturing the human body and its movement in specific.

Participating artists:
- Ludovic des Cognets
- Laszlo Forras
- Nuno Santos
- Christopher Matthews

Opening event/private view: 5 July 2012 from 6pm

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION 2012 is a 10 days festival with 4 different locations, over 40 dancers, free workshops and a dance related exhibition. The aim of the festival is to give opportunity to the public to watch dance performances and to participate at various dance workshops. For 10 days, we would like to focus on dance and would like to invite everybody, both professionals and nonprofessionals, to join us.

Activities will include:

• Dance performance in cooperation with the London Symphony Orchestra at LSO on 13 July 2012 (Part of Inside out);
• dance photography exhibition from 5 July till 14 July in ARBEIT at Old street;
• Dance day! - Free dance performances and workshops on 14 July at LSO, St Luke Gardens and in ARBEIT;
• Free Zumba classes during the festival at Finsbury Leisure Centre.