Christopher Saunders Movies

  • 2015
    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    02015HD

    Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev’s famously evocative...

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
  • 2022
    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

    02022HD

    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...

    The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
  • 2021
    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

    02021HD

    The Royal Ballet brings their annual presentation of The Nutcracker to life, streamed in cinemas throughout the world.

    The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
  • 2021
    ROH Live: The Nutcracker

    ROH Live: The Nutcracker

    ROH Live: The Nutcracker

    22021HD

    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...

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

    Coppélia (Royal Opera House)

    Coppélia (Royal Opera House)

    02017HD

    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...

    Coppélia (Royal Opera House)
  • 2022
    A Month in the Country

    A Month in the Country

    A Month in the Country

    02022HD

    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...

    A Month in the Country
  • 2014
    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

    82014HD

    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...

    Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
  • 2011
    La Bayadère

    La Bayadère

    La Bayadère

    02011HD

    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...

    La Bayadère
  • 2009
    Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

    102009HD

    Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge'-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of 'Swan...

    Swan Lake
  • 2000
    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)

    102000HD

    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...

    Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
  • 2014
    Giselle

    Giselle

    Giselle

    02014HD

    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...

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

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

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

    7.72011HD

    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...

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)
  • 2016
    The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

    42016HD

    The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is wait...

    The Nutcracker
  • 2017
    The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

    The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

    The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

    02017HD

    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...

    The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
  • 2013
    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

    02013HD

    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...

    Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
  • 2017
    Anastasia

    Anastasia

    Anastasia

    02017HD

    Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů....

    Anastasia
  • 2017
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

    02017HD

    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...

    The Sleeping Beauty
  • 2019
    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)

    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)

    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)

    02019HD

    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...

    Don Quixote (Royal Opera House)
  • 2020
    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

    72020HD

    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...

    The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)
  • 2019
    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

    02019HD

    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...

    Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)