Movies: Christopher Saunders

  • 2011
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House) (2011)

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)

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    A full-length ballet created by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The ballet is based on Lewis Carroll's famous story of Alice, an ordinary girl who one summer afternoon falls down a rabb...

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)
  • 2015
    La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)

    La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) (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 for the Suffolk countryside, the ballet is set on a farm and tells a story of love between Lise, the...

    La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
  • 2017
    Anastasia

    Anastasia (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. Anastasia tells the story of Anna Anderson who, following the Russian Revolution and the murder of t...

    Anastasia
  • 2006
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty (2006)

    The Sleeping Beauty

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    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 ballet has to offer. The royal court, the panoramic journey of the Prince to the overgrown castle, and...

    The Sleeping Beauty
  • 2014
    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) (2014)

    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

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    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 (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri). Still built ...

    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
  • 2018
    Manon (The Royal Ballet)

    Manon (The Royal Ballet) (2018)

    Manon (The Royal Ballet)

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    Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in love. They elope to Paris, but when Monsieur G.M. offers Manon a life of luxury as his mistress she can’t resist....

    Manon (The Royal Ballet)
  • 2022
    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling (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 the murder-suicide scandal with his mistress Mary Vetsera. The oppressive glamour of the Austro-Hunga...

    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
  • 2013
    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet) (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 ballet has become a signature work for the Company, enjoying great popularity around the world. From...

    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
  • 2020
    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet) (2020)

    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

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    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 Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy makes her own christening gift a softening ...

    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)
  • 2018
    The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet)

    The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet) (2018)

    The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet)

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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 her Nutcracker. Recorded on stage 3 December 2018—15 January 2019 as part of the Autumn 2018/19 seas...

    The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet)
  • 2000
    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet) (2000)

    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

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    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 and jealousy in love. Directed by Ross MacGibbon, with Leanne Benjamin and Carlos Acosta....

    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
  • 2022
    A Month in the Country

    A Month in the Country (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 the arrival of dashing young tutor. Characters come in and out, their feelings for one another displa...

    A Month in the Country
  • 2021
    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (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....

    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
  • 2019
    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) (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 mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company. Petipa’s Raymonda Act III is Russian classic...

    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
  • 2014
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (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 him down a rabbit hole events become curiouser and curiouser....

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • 2011
    La Bayadère

    La Bayadère (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 Petipa’s choreography, with atmospheric sets by Pier Luigi Samaritini and beautiful costumes by Yolanda ...

    La Bayadère
  • 2014
    Giselle

    Giselle (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 most loved and admired productions, faithful to the spirit of the 1841 original yet always fresh at ea...

    Giselle
  • 2019
    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)

    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House) (2019)

    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)

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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 Kitri's father is determined to marry her off to the wealthy Gamache. Don Quixote decides to interve...

    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)
  • 2021
    ROH Live: The Nutcracker

    ROH Live: The Nutcracker (2021)

    ROH Live: The Nutcracker

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    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 brings with it some of the most familiar of all ballet moments. Peter Wright’s gorgeous production for ...

    ROH Live: The Nutcracker
  • 2017
    Coppélia (Royal Opera House)

    Coppélia (Royal Opera House) (2017)

    Coppélia (Royal Opera House)

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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. The intricate choreography is set to Delibes’ delightful score and shows off the technical precision ...

    Coppélia (Royal Opera House)