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.

Acting

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Lord Capulet

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

Emperor Franz Joseph

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

Herr Drosselmeyer

ROH Live: The Nutcracker

Herr Drosselmeyer

Royal Opera House: Coppélia

The Burgomaster

A Month in the Country

Yslaev

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

Don Quixote

La Bayadère

Rajah

Swan Lake

An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart

Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

The Duke

Giselle

The Duke

Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Father / King of Hearts

The Nutcracker

Dr Stahlbaum

The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

Armand's Father

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

Lord Capulet

Anastasia

Tsar Nicholas II

The Sleeping Beauty

King Florestan XXIV

Royal Opera House: Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty

King

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

Edward Elgar

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

Dr Stahlbaum

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Father / The King of Hearts

La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)

Thomas

The Sleeping Beauty

King Florestan XXIV

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

Self (Archive Footage)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Lord Capulet

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

Emperor Franz Joseph

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

Herr Drosselmeyer

ROH Live: The Nutcracker

Herr Drosselmeyer

Royal Opera House: Coppélia

The Burgomaster

A Month in the Country

Yslaev

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

Don Quixote

La Bayadère

Rajah

Swan Lake

An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart

Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

The Duke

Giselle

The Duke

Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Father / King of Hearts

The Nutcracker

Dr Stahlbaum

The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

Armand's Father

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

Lord Capulet

Anastasia

Tsar Nicholas II

The Sleeping Beauty

King Florestan XXIV

Royal Opera House: Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty

King

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

Edward Elgar

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

Dr Stahlbaum

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Father / The King of Hearts

La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)

Thomas

The Sleeping Beauty

King Florestan XXIV

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

Self (Archive Footage)

Other Credits

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

Stage Director

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

Stage Director

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

Stage Director

Manon (The Royal Ballet)

Stage Director

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Stage Director

Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet

Stage Director

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

Stage Director

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

Stage Director

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

Stage Director

Manon (The Royal Ballet)

Stage Director

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Stage Director

Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet

Stage Director