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