English National Ballet comes to Tate Britain – in pictures
English National Ballet's residency at Tate Britain coincides with the Picasso & Modern British Art exhibitionPhotograph: David LeveneInspired by Picasso's costume and set design work with the Ballets Russes in 1919, the residency saw dancers rehearsing in the galleryPhotograph: David LeveneThe residency also celebrated English National Ballet's Beyond Ballets Russes seasonPhotograph: David Levene
Picasso collaborated with the Ballets Russes from 1916, designing several ballets including Parade and PulcinellaPhotograph: David LeveneThe week-long residency included participatory workshops, talks, ballet classes, rehearsals and performancesPhotograph: David LeveneIt also gave audiences the opportunity to draw and paint from lifePhotograph: David LeveneMembers of the audience sketched a ballet class in the Duveen Gallery at Tate Britain Photograph: David LeveneThe programme featured the full company of 67 dancers taking their morning ballet class along a barre stretching the length of the galleryPhotograph: David LeveneMany workshops and demonstrations highlighted the links between dance and the visual artsPhotograph: David LeveneThe artistic culmination of the residency is three ballets commissioned by English National Ballet especially for Picasso & Modern British ArtPhotograph: David LeveneThe ballets will be premiered in the Duveen Galleries during Late at Tate Britain on Friday 2 March Photograph: David Levene
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