Born: Baltimore, Maryland

Training: The Baltimore School for the Arts, followed by the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance where he graduated Cum Laude.

Christopher Anderson

Joined Ballet West: 2001
Promoted to Demi-Soloist: 2010
Promoted to Soloist: 2013

2014–15 Season

  • Mercurial Landscape (Gates) On Tour – Aspen Performing Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado
  • In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe) (Grand America Hotel Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah) Man #1
  • Giselle (Sklute after Perrot/Coralli) Hilarion, Peasant Pas de Quatre (Salt Lake City, JEQ Capitol Theater)
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) On Tour- Austad Auditorium, Ogden, Utah Sugar Plum Cavalier, Host,
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) On Tour – Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. Sugar Plum Cavalier, Host, Drosselmeyer, Mouse King, Arabian Soloist
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Snow King, Sugar Plum Cavalier, Host, Drosselmeyer, Mouse King, Arabian Soloist, Waltz of the Flowers Soloist, (Salt Lake City, JEQ Capitol Theater)
  • Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa) Von Rothbart, Wolfgang, (Salt Lake City, JEQ Capitol Theater)
  • The Sixth Beauty (Neenan) On Tour – Joyce Theater, New York City, New Yor,k Pas de Deux
  • The Lottery (Caniparoli) On Tour – Joyce Theater, New York City, New York, Mr. Hutchinson
  • Almost Tango (Fonte) (Salt Lake City, JEQ Capitol Theater)
  • In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe) Man #1 (Salt Lake City, JEQ Capitol Theater)
  • Mercurial Landscape (Gates) On Tour – On Tour -Royal Theater, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Pas de Deux
  • The Lottery (Caniparoli) On Tour – On Tour -Royal Theater, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Mr. Hutchinson
  • In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe) On Tour – Royal Theater, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Man #1
  • Facades (Smith) (Salt Lake City, Rose Wagner Theater)
  • Homage (Adams) (Salt Lake City, Rose Wagner Theater)
  • Pulse (Fry) (Salt Lake City, Rose Wagner Theater)
  • The Hunt (Addison) (Salt Lake City, Rose Wagner Theater)
  • Facades (Smith) (Salt Lake City, Rose Wagner Theater)
  • Mercurial Landscapes (Gates) On Tour – Belcher Center, Longview, Texas, Pas de Deux
  • In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe) On Tour – Winspear Opera House, Dallas, Texas, Man #1
  • Mercurial Landscapes (Gates) On Tour – Winspear Opera House, Dallas, Texas, Pas de Deux

2013–14 Season

  • The Sleeping Beauty (Sklute after Petipa) – Suitor from the North, Beauty Cavalier, The Tutor
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Sugar Plum Cavalier, Snow King, Flowers Lead, Drosselmeyer
  • The Firebird (Christensen) – The Kostchei
  • Petite Mort (Kylian) – 3rd pas de deux
  • Who Cares? (Balanchine) – demi soloist
  • Forgotten Land (Kylian) – black couple
  • The Sixth Beauty (Neenan) – principal

Selected World Premiere Roles Created for Him

  • The Rite of Spring (Fonte)

Choreography

  • Paths

On Tour

  • The Sleeping Beauty (Sklute after Petipa) – Suitor from the North – Chicago Auditorium Theatre

2012–13 Season

  • Cinderella (Ashton) – Autumn Cavailier, Father
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Sugar Plum Cavalier, Snow King, Flowers Lead, Arabian, Drosselemeyer
  • Jewels (Balanchine) – Emeralds principal #2, Diamonds demi soloist
  • Bolero (Fonte)
  • But Never Doubt I Love (Pickett) – Final duet
  • The Lottery (Caniporoli) – Mr. Delacroix

Selected World Premiere Roles Created for Him

  • Mercurial Landscape (Gates)

Choreography

  • Behind Closed Doors

On Tour

  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Spanish, Drosselmeyer – The Kennedy Center, Washington DC

2011–12 Season

  • Dracula (Stevenson) – Dracula, Priest
  • Don Quixote (Holmes after Petipa) – Don Quixote, Fandango lead
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Sugar Plum Cavalier, Snow King, Flowers lead, Spanish

Selected World Premiere Roles Created for Him

  • Descent (Bearden)

On Tour

  • The Four Temperaments (Balanchine) – 2nd theme – Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts
  • Grand Synthesis (Shields) – Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

2010–11 Season

  • The Sleeping Beauty (world premiere Sklute after Petipa) – The King, Suitor from the West
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Sugar Plum Cavalier, Snow King, Flowers lead, Spanish, Drosselemeyer
  • The Four Temperaments (Balanchine) – 2nd theme
  • Carmina Burana (Butler)
  • Chaconne (Balanchine)
  • Sinfonietta (Kylian)
  • Bolero (Fonte)
  • Trapped (Ruud) – 4th pas de deux

On Tour

  • Serenade (Balanchine) – Chicago Dancing Festival

2009–10 Season

  • Swan Lake (world premiere of Sklute after Petipa) – Von Rothbardt, Major Domo
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Sugar Plum Cavalier, Snow King, Flowers lead, Spanish, Drosselemeyer
  • The Dream (Ashton) – Demetrius
  • Serenade (Balanchine)
  • Stars & Stripes (Balanchine)

Selected World Premiere Roles Created for Him

  • Row (Boye-Christensen)
  • But Never Doubt I Love (Pickett ) – final duet

Favorite Roles: “Pinkerton” in Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly, “Von Rothbart” in Swan Lake, and “Cavalier” in Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker.

Additional Information: Christopher danced with the Purchase Dance Corps for three years before joining the Boston Ballet, where he danced for two seasons prior to joining Ballet West. In 2011, he made his choreographic debut on Ballet West’s fourth-annual Innovations program with Intonation, set to the music of Michael Nyman.