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Christopher Saunders

Christopher Saunders

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.

Filmography
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling poster
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022 • Emperor Franz Joseph
A Month in the Country poster
A Month in the Country
2022 • Yslaev
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet poster
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
2021 • Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker poster
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2021 • Herr Drosselmeyer
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty poster
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2020 • King
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) poster
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019 • Edward Elgar
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote poster
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
2019 • Don Quixote
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker poster
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2018 • Dr Stahlbaum
Anastasia poster
Anastasia
2017 • Tsar Nicholas II
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand poster
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017 • Armand's Father
Royal Opera House: Coppélia poster
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
2017 • The Burgomaster
The Sleeping Beauty poster
The Sleeping Beauty
2017 • King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker poster
The Nutcracker
2016 • Dr Stahlbaum
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet poster
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2015 • Lord Capulet
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) poster
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2015 • Thomas
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland poster
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2014 • Father / The King of Hearts
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) poster
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
2014 • Don Quixote
Giselle poster
Giselle
2014 • The Duke
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet) poster
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
2013 • Lord Capulet
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland poster
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011 • Father / King of Hearts
La Bayadère poster
La Bayadère
2011 • Rajah
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre poster
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2010 • Self (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake poster
Swan Lake
2009 • An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
The Sleeping Beauty poster
The Sleeping Beauty
2006 • King Florestan XXIV
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet) poster
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
2000 • The Duke