Chase Finlay

Chase Finlay (born 1990) is a former ballet dancer and former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who has also danced with the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia.

Early life
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, Finlay began his dance training at the age of 8, at Ballet Academy East in New York City. During the summer of 2007, he began studying at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet (NYCB). He subsequently enrolled there as a full-time student.

Career
Finlay became an apprentice with NYCB in September 2008. He became a member of the corps de ballet in September 2009. While still a member of the corps de ballet, he danced the title role in George Balanchine's Apollo.

He was promoted to soloist in July 2011, and to principal in February 2013.

Alexandra Waterbury lawsuit
In September 2018, Finlay was sued by his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend, Alexandra Waterbury, for allegedly sharing nude photos of her and other female dancers with male company members without their consent. Finlay resigned from the New York City Ballet in August 2018 during the company's investigation.

Roles
Featured roles since joining the New York City Ballet:


 * George Balanchine
 * Apollo
 * Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (First Movement)
 * Divertimento No. 15
 * Duo Concertant
 * Liebeslieder Walzer
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement, Lysander)
 * Mozartiana
 * George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate)
 * Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze"
 * Stars and Stripes
 * Symphony in C (First Movement)
 * Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux


 * Ulysses Dove
 * Red Angels


 * Sean Lavery
 * Romeo and Juliet


 * Peter Martins
 * Fearful Symmetries
 * Morgen
 * River of Light
 * The Sleeping Beauty (Gold)
 * Swan Lake (Pas de Quatre)
 * Todo Buenos Aires


 * Jerome Robbins
 * 2 & 3 Part Inventions
 * Glass Pieces
 * Interplay
 * N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
 * West Side Story Suite


 * Christopher Wheeldon
 * Polyphonia
 * Soirée Musicale


 * Originated featured roles in:
 * Peter Martins: Bal de Couture, Mirage
 * Angelin Preljocaj: Spectral Evidence


 * Originated corps roles in:
 * Alexey Miroshnichenko: The Lady with The Little Dog
 * Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
 * Lynne Taylor-Corbett: The Seven Deadly Sins
 * Christopher Wheeldon: Estancia

Honors
In 2010, Finlay became the first recipient of the Clive Barnes Award for dance.