National Youth Ballet 2011 season – in pictures

Ellena Nou, a pupil at English National Ballet School, warms up before a rehearsal for the National Youth Ballet's 2011 season Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

Members of the National Youth Ballet stand in a line lacing up each other's dresses Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

Olivia Holland from Elmhurst School and Max Maslen from Central School of Ballet rehearse Ballet Chocolat Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

Dancers take part in rehearsals at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

Dancers performing a scene from Ballet Chocolat, a ballet inspired by the book Chocolat by Joanne Harris Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

Dancer in the wings during a National Youth Ballet performance of excerpts from Les Petits Rats, Janet Kinson's Degas ballet Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

The National Youth Ballet season featured the premiere of Feeling Groovy, choreographed by Antony Dowson. The work sets classical ballet to Simon and Garfunkel songs Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet

Dancers perform Horror of the Fire, from Ballet Chocolat. The ballet is set to the original score of the film Chocolat, composed by academy award winner Rachel Portman Photograph: Edward Tyler/National Youth Ballet