Rupert Christiansen

Rupert Christiansen is the dance critic for the Spectator. He was also dance critic for the Mail on Sunday from 1995 to 2020 and has written on dance-focused subjects for many publications in the UK and the United States, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's & Queen, the Observer, Daily Telegraph, the Literary Review, Dance Now, and Dance Theatre Journal. He was the opera critic and arts correspondent for the Daily Telegraph from 1996 to 2020, and is the author of a dozen nonfiction books, including Romantic Affinities and City of Light. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997 and lives in London.