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Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Christopher Saunders

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

Acting

2024

Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker as Dr.Stahlbaum

2022

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling as Emperor Franz Joseph

A Month in the Country as Yslaev

2021

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet as Herr Drosselmeyer

ROH Live: The Nutcracker as Herr Drosselmeyer

2020

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet) as King

2019

Don Quixote (Royal Opera House) as Don Quixote

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) as Edward Elgar

2018

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker as Dr Stahlbaum

2017

Coppélia (Royal Opera House) as The Burgomaster

The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand as Armand's Father

Anastasia as Tsar Nicholas II

The Sleeping Beauty as King Florestan XXIV

2016

The Nutcracker as Dr Stahlbaum

2015

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet

La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) as Thomas

2014

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) as Don Quixote

Giselle as The Duke

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Father / The King of Hearts

2013

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet) as Lord Capulet

2011

La Bayadère as Rajah

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House) as Father / King of Hearts

2010

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre as Self (Archive Footage)

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

Directing

2019

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) as Stage Director

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern as Stage Director

2018

Manon (The Royal Ballet) as Stage Director

2014

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Stage Director

2013

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet) as Stage Director