Rupert Christiansen

Rupert Christiansen is The Spectator's dance critic. He was previously dance critic for The Mail on Sunday from 1995-2020, and has written on dance-focused subjects for many publications in the UK and USA, including Vogue , Vanity Fair, Harper's and Queen , The Observer, Daily Telegraph , The Literary Review , Dance Now and Dance Theatre Journal. He was opera critic and arts correspondent for the Daily Telegraph from 1996-2020, and is the author of a dozen non-fiction books, including the...See more

Rupert Christiansen is The Spectator's dance critic. He was previously dance critic for The Mail on Sunday from 1995-2020, and has written on dance-focused subjects for many publications in the UK and USA, including Vogue , Vanity Fair, Harper's and Queen , The Observer, Daily Telegraph , The Literary Review , Dance Now and Dance Theatre Journal. He was opera critic and arts correspondent for the Daily Telegraph from 1996-2020, and is the author of a dozen non-fiction books, including the Pocket Guide to Opera and T he Complete Book of Aunts (both published by Faber). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997 and lives in London. See less