A bright disposition with a dab of astringent charm is how I remember Brock Hayhoe, a National Ballet School of Canada schoolmate. Because we were a couple years apart, we barely brushed shoulders, except at the odd Toronto dance party where we could dance all night with mutual friends letting our inhibitions subside through the […]

Update: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has released the following statement: “Following Chase Johnsey’s claims of harassment and discrimination by the management of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and his subsequent resignation, the Board engaged an independent investigator to review these claims, including interviewing 24 witnesses that included current and former company members. […]

When a young dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo named Chase Johnsey was chosen as one of our “25 to Watch” ten years ago, Dance Magazine contributor Joseph Carman wrote, “Chase Johnsey (aka Yakatarina Verbosovitch and her danseur alter-ego Roland Daulin) uses his brilliant technique and delicate quality to blur gender lines to […]