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Chase Swatosh

Principal

Hometown: Westlake Village, California

Chase Swatosh grew up in Westlake Village, Calif., and began his dance training at Retter’s Academy of Dance with Darryl and Linda Retter when he was 8 years old. In 2007, he became a trainee at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City, where he trained for two years before attending the summer and winter terms of the School of American Ballet (2009-2010). He also attended numerous ballet summer intensives from 2005-2010, including American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet School and Pacific Northwest Ballet School.

Swatosh has a diversified dance background, having trained in tap, jazz, contemporary, musical theater and modern. He also was a Junior Olympic swimmer, an All-American qualifying diver in high school and an awarded classically trained pianist.

Swatosh joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2010 and was promoted to Principal in 2023.

Roles since joining MCB

Richard Alston
Carmen (Don José)

Ricardo Amarante
Delight

Sir Frederick Ashton
Les Patineurs

George Balanchine
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander, Titania's Cavalier)
Afternoon of a Faun
Allegro Brillante
Ballet Imperial
Divertimento No. 15
Episodes (Five Pieces)
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, Mother Comedia, Dr. Stahlbaum)
La Sonnambula
La Valse (Pas de Deux)
Scotch Symphony
Serenade (Dark Angel Boy)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Hoofer)
Symphony in Three Movements (Pas de Deux); Theme and Variations
Western Symphony

John Cranko
Romeo and Juliet (Paris)

Nacho Duato
Jardí Tancat

William Forsythe
Herman Schmerman

Martha Graham
Diversion of Angels (White Couple)

Kenneth MacMillan
Carousel Pas de Deux

Justin Peck
Heatscape (Pas de Deux)
Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes 
Year of the Rabbit

Alexei Ratmansky
Concerto DSCH (Pas de Deux, Soloist Couples)
Fairy's Kiss (Soloist Couples)
Symphonic Dances (Pas de Deux)

Jerome Robbins
Brahms/Handel
The Concert 
Dances at a Gathering (Purple Boy, Blue Boy)
Fancy Free
Fanfare
Glass Pieces (Pas de Deux)
West Side Story Suite (Tony)

Liam Scarlett
Euphotic
Viscera

Paul Taylor
Arden Court 
Company B (Bugle Boy)
Mercuric Tidings
Piazzolla Caldera
Promethean Fire
Sunset


Twyla Tharp
In The Upper Room (Stompers)
Nine Sinatra Songs (Strangers in the Night)
Sweet Fields

Durante Verzola
Sentimiento

Christopher Wheeldon
After the Rain
This Bitter Earth
Polyphonia

Other Classical Repertoire

Arthur Saint-Léon
Coppélia 

Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
Don Quixote

Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Giselle