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