Christopher Saunders Movies
- 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...
- 2022
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling02022HD
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...
- 2021
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet02021HD
The Royal Ballet brings their annual presentation of The Nutcracker to life, streamed in cinemas throughout the world.
- 2021
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
ROH Live: The Nutcracker22021HD
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...
- 2017
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...
- 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...
- 2014
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...
- 2011
La Bayadère
La Bayadère02011HD
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...
- 2009
Swan Lake
Swan Lake102009HD
Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge'-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of 'Swan...
- 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...
- 2014
Giselle
Giselle02014HD
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...
- 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)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...
- 2016
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker42016HD
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is wait...
- 2017
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand02017HD
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...
- 2013
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...
- 2017
Anastasia
Anastasia02017HD
Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů....
- 2017
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty02017HD
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...
- 2019
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...
- 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 Princ...
- 2019
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...