Person

Christopher Saunders

Acting

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

Filmography

2023Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal BalletStage Director
2022The Royal Ballet: MayerlingEmperor Franz Joseph
2022A Month in the CountryYslaev
2021The Nutcracker - The Royal BalletHerr Drosselmeyer
2021ROH Live: The NutcrackerHerr Drosselmeyer
2020Royal Opera House: The Sleeping BeautyKing
2019Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)Edward Elgar
2019The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight PatternStage Director
2019Royal Opera House: Don QuixoteDon Quixote
2018The Royal Ballet: The NutcrackerDr Stahlbaum
2018Manon (The Royal Ballet)Stage Director
2017AnastasiaTsar Nicholas II
2017The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and ArmandArmand's Father
2017Royal Opera House: CoppéliaThe Burgomaster
2017The Sleeping BeautyKing Florestan XXIV
2016The NutcrackerDr Stahlbaum
2015Prokofiev: Romeo and JulietLord Capulet
2015La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)Thomas
2014Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFather / The King of Hearts
2014Royal Ballet: ManonMonsieur G. M.
2014Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)Don Quixote
2014GiselleThe Duke
2013Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)Lord Capulet
2011Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFather / King of Hearts
2011La BayadèreRajah
2010The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatreSelf (Archive Footage)
2009Swan LakeAn Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
2006The Sleeping BeautyKing Florestan XXIV
2000Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)The Duke
—Tchaikovsky: Swan LakeAn Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart

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