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The Guardian - UK
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English National Ballet comes to Tate Britain – in pictures

Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - Dancers in the Duveen galleries
English National Ballet's residency at Tate Britain coincides with the Picasso & Modern British Art exhibition Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain
Inspired by Picasso's costume and set design work with the Ballets Russes in 1919, the residency saw dancers rehearsing in the gallery Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - a dancer rehearses
The residency also celebrated English National Ballet's Beyond Ballets Russes season Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - ballet shoes
Picasso collaborated with the Ballets Russes from 1916, designing several ballets including Parade and Pulcinella Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - a dancer rehearses
The week-long residency included participatory workshops, talks, ballet classes, rehearsals and performances Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - a woman paints
It also gave audiences the opportunity to draw and paint from life Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - people sketching
Members of the audience sketched a ballet class in the Duveen Gallery at Tate Britain Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - a dancer rehearses
The programme featured the full company of 67 dancers taking their morning ballet class along a barre stretching the length of the gallery Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - sketching the dancers
Many workshops and demonstrations highlighted the links between dance and the visual arts Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain - two dancers
The artistic culmination of the residency is three ballets commissioned by English National Ballet especially for Picasso & Modern British Art Photograph: David Levene
Ballet at Tate Britain: English National Ballet at Tate Britain
The ballets will be premiered in the Duveen Galleries during Late at Tate Britain on Friday 2 March Photograph: David Levene
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