Christopher Saunders
Biography
Christopher Saunders is a British dancer. He trained at The Royal Ballet School. He entered the The Royal Ballet in 1983. He was promoted to Soloist in 1991 and to Principal Character Artist in 1997. He appointed Ballet Master in 2001 and Rehearsal Director in 2017.
Known For
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
All Movies (27)
- The Royal Ballet: Mayerling2022 · as Emperor Franz Joseph
- A Month in the Country2022 · as Yslaev
- The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet2021 · as Herr Drosselmeyer
- ROH Live: The Nutcracker2021 · as Herr Drosselmeyer
- Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty2020 · as King
- Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)2019 · as Edward Elgar
- Royal Opera House: Don Quixote2019 · as Don Quixote
- The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker2018 · as Dr Stahlbaum
- Anastasia2017 · as Tsar Nicholas II
- The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand2017 · as Armand's Father
- Royal Opera House: Coppélia2017 · as The Burgomaster
- The Sleeping Beauty2017 · as King Florestan XXIV
- The Nutcracker2016 · as Dr Stahlbaum
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet2015 · as Lord Capulet
- La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)2015 · as Thomas
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland2014 · as Father / The King of Hearts
- Royal Ballet: Manon2014 · as Monsieur G. M.
- Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)2014 · as Don Quixote
- Giselle2014 · as The Duke
- Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)2013 · as Lord Capulet
- Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland2011 · as Father / King of Hearts
- La Bayadère2011 · as Rajah
- The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre2010 · as Self (Archive Footage)
- Swan Lake2009 · as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
- The Sleeping Beauty2006 · as King Florestan XXIV
- Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)2000 · as The Duke
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake— · as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart