The Dancer of the Week is.... Chase Finlay
Chase Finlay in Apollo
Chase Finlay has been dancing since the age of eight. He started dancing at Ballet Academy East. He later continued to dance at SAB (School of American Ballet) for the summer of 2007. Then for the school year he enrolled as a full time student. He started dancing at NYCB (New York City Ballet) in 2008's summer, as an apprentice. September of 2009 he was promoted to part of the corps de ballet. Later, specifically July 2011, he became soloist, and this past February was promoted to principal. He has performed the leads in many ballet such as:
- Apollo
- Brahms/Schoenberg Quartet (First Movement)
- Divertimento No. 15
- Duo Concertant
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™(Cavalier, Hot Chocolate)
- Liebeslieder Walzer
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander)
- Symphony in C (First Movement)
- Red Angels
- Romeo and Juliet
- Fearful Symmetries
- The Sleeping Beauty (Gold)
- Swan Lake (Pas de Quatre)
- 2 & 3 Part Inventions
- Glass Pieces
- Interplay
- West Side Story Suite
- Polyphonia
- Peter Martins: Mirage
The last one Peter Martins: Mirage he originated the lead. He has also originated many corps roles as well such as:
- Alexey Miroshnichenko: The Lady with The Little Dog
- Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
- Lynne Taylor-Corbett: The Seven Deadly Sins
- Christopher Wheeldon: Estancia