Chase O’Connell was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia and started taking dance classes at the age of 2. At age  13, he received a scholarship to train at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. He studied under Vladimir Djoulouhadze and Anatoli Kucheruk from 2007 to 2009. In 2009 he received a scholarship to train at the Royal Ballet School in London, England. There, he studied under Meelis Pakri and David Peden. While at school he had the privilege to perform with English National Ballet in their 2010 Nutcracker.  After studying at the Royal Ballet School for 2 years, Chase joined the world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet to perform in their 2011 production of Rudolf Nureyev. In 2012 he began his contract with Ballet West II. He was promoted into the main company in 2013 then promoted to Principal in 2016.

While at Ballet West he has performed principal roles in ballets by John Cranko, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, Jerome Robbins, Nicolo Fonte, Stanton Welch and Adam Sklute. He also had contemporary principal roles created on him by Nicolo Fonte, Edward Liang, Africa Guzman and Val Caniparoli.   Chase has danced in galas internationally and his performance in Onegin was one of Pointe Magazines top performances in 2019.  Mr. O’Connell joined Houston Ballet as Principal Dancer from 2023-2025 and is currently a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.