Born in Santa Barbara, CA, Chauncey Parsons began dancing at age 12, at the Santa Barbara Ballet Center, under Michelle Pearson and Denise Rinaldi.

At 15, he was accepted into the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC, where he trained for three years under Vladimir Djouloukhadze.

After graduating, he performed for the State Street Ballet, under Rodney Gustafson, for two years. In 2002, he joined the Colorado Ballet as a Soloist under Martin Fredmann, and in 2004 was promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer.  In 2008, he joined Oregon Ballet Theatre as a Soloist under Christopher Stowell, and was promoted to Principal in 2009.

Over the course of his career he has danced a wide variety of roles, including Basil in 'Don Quixote', Count Albrecht in 'Giselle', Prince Siegfried in 'Swan Lake', and Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliette'.  Further, he has danced leading roles in Balanchine's 'Rubies', 'Emeralds', 'Tarantella', 'The Nutcracker', and 'Stravinsky Violin Concerto', Michael Pink's 'Dracula' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', Agnes De Mille's 'Rodeo', Nicolo Fonte's 'Bolero' and 'Never Stop Falling(In Love)', Paul Taylor's 'Company B', and others.

In 2019 he retired from the stage, and has since been teaching and coaching for schools and companies around the world, including the National Ballet of Ireland, the Edinburgh Festival Ballet, the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, and many others.