Chase O’Connell was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He trained at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C., studied under Vladimir Djouloukhadze and Anatoli Kucheruk and the Royal Ballet School in London. In 2012, he joined Ballet West II, was promoted into the main company in 2013 and then to Principal in 2016. In 2022, he joined Houston Ballet as a Principal Dancer before joining The National Ballet of Canada as a Principal Dancer in 2025.
Chase has performed principal roles in ballets by Kenneth MacMillan, John Cranko, Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Jerome Robbins, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Justin Peck, Dwight Rhoden, Silas Farley, James Kudelka, Trey McIntyre, Stanton Welch, Mark Morris and Adam Sklute. He also had contemporary principal roles created on him by Cathy Marston, Nicolo Fonte, Edwaard Liang, Africa Guzman and Val Caniparoli. O’Connell guested with San Francisco Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth.
He has appeared in galas internationally and his performance in Onegin was one of Pointe Magazines top performances in 2019.