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.
Full Filmography
Acting
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
(2000)
The Duke
The Sleeping Beauty
(2006)
King Florestan XXIV
Swan Lake
(2009)
An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
La Bayadère
(2011)
Rajah
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)
(2011)
Father / King of Hearts
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
(2013)
Lord Capulet
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
(2014)
Don Quixote
Giselle
(2014)
The Duke
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(2014)
Father / The King of Hearts
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
(2015)
Thomas
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
(2015)
Lord Capulet
The Nutcracker
(2016)
Dr Stahlbaum
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
Coppélia (Royal Opera House)
(2017)
The Burgomaster
The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet)
(2018)
Dr Stahlbaum
Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)
(2019)
Don Quixote
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
(2019)
Edward Elgar
The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)
(2020)
King
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
(2021)
Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
(2021)
Herr Drosselmeyer
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
(2022)
Emperor Franz Joseph
A Month in the Country
(2022)
Yslaev
Directing
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
(2013)
Stage Director
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(2014)
Stage Director
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
(2018)
Stage Director
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
(2019)
Stage Director
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
(2019)
Stage Director