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