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.
🎬 Movies (29)
Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet
2023
Stage Director
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022
Emperor Franz Joseph
A Month in the Country
2022
Yslaev
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
2021
Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2021
Herr Drosselmeyer
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2020
King
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
2019
Don Quixote
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019
Edward Elgar
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
2019
Stage Director
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2018
Dr Stahlbaum
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
2018
Stage Director
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
2017
The Burgomaster
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017
Armand's Father
Anastasia
2017
Tsar Nicholas II
The Sleeping Beauty
2017
King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker
2016
Dr Stahlbaum
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2015
Lord Capulet
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2015
Thomas
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
2014
Don Quixote
Giselle
2014
The Duke
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2014
Father / The King of Hearts
Royal Ballet: Manon
2014
Monsieur G. M.
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
2013
Lord Capulet
La Bayadère
2011
Rajah
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011
Father / King of Hearts
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2010
Self (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake
2009
An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
The Sleeping Beauty
2006
King Florestan XXIV
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
2000
The Duke