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.
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2015
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
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Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev’s famously evocative...
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2022
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
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Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of Crown Prince Rudolf leading to t...
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The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2021
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
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The Royal Ballet brings their annual presentation of The Nutcracker to life, streamed in cinemas throughout the world.
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The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
2021
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2/1
Tchaikovsky’s much-loved music is matched to a story of magic on Christmas Eve, and the journey of Clara and her Nutcracker to the Land of Sweets brin...
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ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2022
A Month in the Country
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Ashton gracefully reimagines Turgenev's play A Month in the country as a one-act ballet where all the drama unfolds in the family's living room upon t...
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A Month in the Country
2017
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
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A classic returns to the Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia– a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls. T...
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Royal Opera House: Coppélia
2014
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
8/1
Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production...
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Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
2011
La Bayadère
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Marius Petipa’s exotic ballet set in legendary India is a story of love, death and vengeful judgement. Natalia Makarova’s sumptuous recreation of Peti...
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La Bayadère
2009
Swan Lake
10/1
Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge'-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of 'Swan...
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Swan Lake
2000
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
10/1
Coppélia, a mechanical doll made by the toy-maker Dr. Coppelius, is so life-like that some believe she is his daughter. The mistake leads to intrigue...
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Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
2014
Giselle
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The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another. This is one of The Royal Ballet’s mo...
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Giselle
2011
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
7.7/6
A full-length ballet created by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The ballet is based o...
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Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2016
The Nutcracker
7.7/3
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is wait...
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The Nutcracker
2017
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
8/1
The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Symp...
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The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2013
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
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Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening...
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Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
2017
Anastasia
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Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů....
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Anastasia
2017
The Sleeping Beauty
8/1
The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in...
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The Sleeping Beauty
2019
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
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Don Quixote and his servant Sancho Panza set out to have a chivalrous adventure. They meet Kitri and Basilio, a young couple who cannot marry because...
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Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
2020
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
7/2
The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princ...
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Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2019
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
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From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mix...
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Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2018
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
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Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs to find a magical adventure awaiting her and...
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The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2014
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows hi...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2015
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
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Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is one of the choreographer's most joyous and colourful creations. Inspired by his love...
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La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2006
The Sleeping Beauty
6.2/4
Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best loved of classical ballets, combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that ba...
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The Sleeping Beauty
2010
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
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The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2014
Royal Ballet: Manon
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In decadent 18th century Paris, young Manon wishes to live a life of luxury, but falls in love with poor student Des Grieux. Torn between her desire f...
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