Christopher Saunders
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Jones
La Bayadère
Rajah
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Edward Elgar
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
The Duke
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
King
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Don Quixote
The Sleeping Beauty
King Florestan XXIV
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Father / King of Hearts
Filmography
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022
as Emperor Franz Joseph
A Month in the Country
2022
as Yslaev
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
2021
as Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2021
as Herr Drosselmeyer
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2020
as King
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
2019
as Don Quixote
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019
as Edward Elgar
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2018
as Dr Stahlbaum
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
2017
as The Burgomaster
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017
as Armand's Father
Anastasia
2017
as Tsar Nicholas II
The Sleeping Beauty
2017
as King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker
2016
as Dr Stahlbaum
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2015
as Lord Capulet
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2015
as Thomas
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
2014
as Don Quixote
Giselle
2014
as The Duke
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2014
as Father / The King of Hearts
Royal Ballet: Manon
2014
as Monsieur G. M.
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
2013
as Lord Capulet
666 Park Avenue
2012
as Jones
La Bayadère
2011
as Rajah
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011
as Father / King of Hearts
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2010
as Self (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake
2009
as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
The Sleeping Beauty
2006
as King Florestan XXIV
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
2000
as The Duke