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