Ballets Russes

English National Ballet presented a selection of Ballets Russes repertoire in celebration of the centenary at Sadler's Wells on Tuesday 16th June at 6.30pm. Works included The Dying Swan, Apollo, and Scheherazade, plus Faune a new work from British choreographer David Dawson, a reimagining of Nijinsky's L'apres-midi d'un Faune.

Celebrity guests included: Matt Smith, Jefferson Hack, Anouck Lepere, Jonathan Kerrigan, Shelley Conn, Jeremy Irons, Richard E Grant, Cherie Lunghi, Kate Nash, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Stephen Fry, Sir Ian Holm CBE, Isabella Calthorpe, Jo Wood, Jasmine Guinness, Laura Bailey Mat Horne.

2009 marked the centenary of the Ballets Russes, the legendary dance troupe founded by Diagalev in 1909. In the 1920s the Ballets Russes created a huge sensation around the world, with ground breaking works from choreographers including Nijinsky and Balanchine and collaborations with the top designers and artists of the day. Both Picasso and Coco Chanel designed for the Ballets Russes.

English National Ballet has direct lineage with the Ballets Russes, as it was founded by the Company's star dancer Alicia Markova.

Featured in the performance are costumes designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, exclusively for English National Ballet's Ballets Russes performances.

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Photos of the evening were provided by David Jensen
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Jo Wood	Matt Smith and Harry Treadaway	Mat Horne and Sybilla Findley	Kate Nash
Jeremy Irons	Stephen Fry and Richard E Grant	Stephen Fry	Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory
Jefferson Hack and Anouck Lepere	Jonathan Kerrigan and Shelley Conn	Jasmine Guinness and Anouck Lepere	Amanda Harlech and Jasmine Guinness