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
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
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
The Duke
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Don Quixote
Swan Lake
An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
The Sleeping Beauty
King Florestan XXIV
Acting History
2022
A Month in the Country
as Yslaev
2021
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
as Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
as Herr Drosselmeyer
2020
2019
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
as Don Quixote
2018
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
as Dr Stahlbaum
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
Stage Director
2017
Anastasia
as Tsar Nicholas II
The Sleeping Beauty
as King Florestan XXIV
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
as Armand's Father
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
as The Burgomaster
2016
The Nutcracker
as Dr Stahlbaum
2015
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
as Lord Capulet
2014
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
as Don Quixote
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Father / The King of Hearts
Giselle
as The Duke
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Stage Director
2013
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
as Lord Capulet
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Stage Director
2011
La Bayadère
as Rajah
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Father / King of Hearts
2009
Swan Lake
as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
2006
The Sleeping Beauty
as King Florestan XXIV
2000
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
as The Duke