Christopher Saunders
Known for department: 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
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2015Lord Capulet
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022Emperor Franz Joseph
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
2021Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2021Herr Drosselmeyer
A Month in the Country
2022Yslaev
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
2017The Burgomaster
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
2014Don Quixote
La Bayadère
2011Rajah
Swan Lake
2009An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
2000The Duke
Giselle
2014The Duke
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011Father / King of Hearts
The Nutcracker
2016Dr Stahlbaum
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017Armand's Father
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
2013Lord Capulet
Anastasia
2017Tsar Nicholas II
The Sleeping Beauty
2017King Florestan XXIV
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
2019Don Quixote
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2020King