Christopher Saunders
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
Popular credits
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Father / King of Hearts
The Sleeping Beauty
King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker
Dr Stahlbaum
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
King
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Herr Drosselmeyer
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Don Quixote
Swan Lake
An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
The Duke
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Armand's Father
The Sleeping Beauty
King Florestan XXIV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Lord Capulet
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Emperor Franz Joseph
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
Herr Drosselmeyer
A Month in the Country
Yslaev
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
The Burgomaster
La Bayadère
Rajah
Giselle
The Duke
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Lord Capulet
Anastasia
Tsar Nicholas II
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
Don Quixote