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- Darren Chase is an American actor and dancer. He was born and raised on Cape Cod. After a year, majoring in psychology, at Boston College, Darren enrolled full time at Actor's Workshop in Boston. Here he studied all aspects of acting for one year. He performed in several plays at the school including 'The Love Course' and 'Critique of the School fro Wives.' In the summer of 1981, Darren performed a dual role in a new play, 'Adventure in Manhattan,' for the Playwrights' Platform in Boston. This was his first paying acting job. In the fall of 1981, Darren moved to New York City. Here he studied acting and movement as HB Studios. After a while, the ballet teacher, June Eve Story, suggested that Darren study ballet in a more advanced way. This lead to Darren becoming more involved in the dance community. In the fall of 1985, he joined the Kennedy Dancers, based in Jersey City, New Jersey. For the year contact included many performances of their repertoire around the New York City area and even a performance on the South Lawn of the White House. After the year was up, Darren enrolled in City College of New York, graduating magna cum laude with a BFA in Dance in 1989. During this time he performed with the school's dance company, Citidance, directed by former Paul Taylor dancer Carolyn Adams. Also, while at the school, Darren danced with the Astoria Dance Theater, the Lee Ballet and, for two seasons, was in 'Santa Claus and the Unicorn' for the Harlem Dance Foundation. 1990-1995: After graduating from CCNY, Darren joined an aerial dance company, The Multi-Gravitational Aerodance Group. Here he learned to performed on different apparatus such as stilts, web, ankle loop and various airborne creations. The company performed several places around the country. He also performed again with the Kennedy Dancers for two seasons during this period, and worked with choreographer Catherine Samardza. 1996-2004: In 1996, while living in the Bronx, Darren met another Bronx resident, Arthur Aviles, who was a former dancer with Bill T. Jones. Arthur had recently started his own dance company called Arthur Aviles' Typical Theater. Darren started working with Arthur and performed on and off with the company until 2004. When not working with Typical Theater, Darren performed with Catherine Samardza's company, the Itineran Dance Theater, which was based in Delaware. 2004 to present: In 2004, Darren met another Bronx resident, Claire Barrett. She had started a movement style called Motion Sculpture. Darren started working with Claired and performed with her and her company at many venues around New York City from 2004 through 2009. Darren then decided to do some performing outside of dance again. He worked doing print ads and looking back into acting. He got one of the lead roles in 'Chubby and Bones,' and more recently was an extra in the movie 'Fair Game.'- IMDb Mini Biography By: Darren Chase
- In the early 1980's, Darren worked for a party entertainment company, often dressed as different characters and sometimes being a table centerpiece.
- Darren has an advanced certification in Scuba Diving.
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