Christopher Saunders
- Known for
- 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
666 Park Avenue
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Sleeping Beauty
The Nutcracker
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Swan Lake
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
The Sleeping Beauty
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Filmography
Minkus: Don Quixote - Royal Opera House
Movie · as Don Quixote
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Movie · as Emperor Franz Joseph
A Month in the Country
Movie · as Yslaev
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
Movie · as Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Movie · as Herr Drosselmeyer
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as King
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet, 2019)
Movie · as The Burgomaster
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
Movie · as Don Quixote
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Edward Elgar
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Movie · as Dr Stahlbaum
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Movie · as Armand's Father
Anastasia
Movie · as Tsar Nicholas II
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker
Movie · as Dr Stahlbaum
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Lord Capulet
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Thomas
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Don Quixote
Giselle
Movie · as The Duke
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Father / The King of Hearts
Royal Ballet: Manon
Movie · as Monsieur G. M.
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Lord Capulet
666 Park Avenue
TV · as Jones · 1 ep
La Bayadère
Movie · as Rajah
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Father / King of Hearts
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake
Movie · as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as King Florestan XXIV
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
Movie · as The Duke