Christopher Saunders
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Christopher Saunders
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
Acting
(2024)
Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
as Dr.Stahlbaum
(2022)
A Month in the Country
as Yslaev
(2022)
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
as Emperor Franz Joseph
(2021)
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
as Herr Drosselmeyer
(2021)
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
as Herr Drosselmeyer
(2020)
(2019)
(2019)
Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)
as Don Quixote
(2018)
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
as Dr Stahlbaum
(2017)
Anastasia
as Tsar Nicholas II
(2017)
The Sleeping Beauty
as King Florestan XXIV
(2017)
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
as Armand's Father
(2017)
Coppélia (Royal Opera House)
as The Burgomaster
(2016)
The Nutcracker
as Dr Stahlbaum
(2015)
(2015)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
as Lord Capulet
(2014)
Giselle
as The Duke
(2014)
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
as Don Quixote
(2014)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Father / The King of Hearts
(2013)
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
as Lord Capulet
(2011)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)
as Father / King of Hearts
(2011)
La Bayadère
as Rajah
(2010)
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2009)
Swan Lake
as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
(2006)
The Sleeping Beauty
as King Florestan XXIV
(2000)
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
as The Duke
Crew
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
Stage Director
(2014)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Stage Director
(2013)
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Stage Director