Actor
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.
Directed
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
Stage Director · 2018
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Stage Director · 2019
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
Stage Director · 2019
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Stage Director · 2014
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Stage Director · 2013
Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet
Stage Director · 2023
Acting
Swan Lake
An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart · 2009
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
The Duke · 2000
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Father / King of Hearts · 2011
The Nutcracker
Dr Stahlbaum · 2016
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Don Quixote · 2014
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Armand's Father · 2017
The Sleeping Beauty
King Florestan XXIV · 2017
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
King · 2020
The Sleeping Beauty
King Florestan XXIV · 2006
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Herr Drosselmeyer · 2021
Giselle
The Duke · 2014
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Thomas · 2015
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Edward Elgar · 2019
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Dr Stahlbaum · 2018
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Father / The King of Hearts · 2014
La Bayadère
Rajah · 2011
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
Don Quixote · 2019
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Emperor Franz Joseph · 2022
Anastasia
Tsar Nicholas II · 2017
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
Self (Archive Footage) · 2010
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Lord Capulet · 2013
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
The Burgomaster · 2017
A Month in the Country
Yslaev · 2022
Royal Ballet: Manon
Monsieur G. M. · 2014