Patricia Neary Patricia Neary Patricia Neary (born October 27, 1942) is an American ballerina, choreographer and ballet director, who has been particularly active in Switzerland. She has also been a highly successful ambassador for the Balanchine Trust, bringing George Balanchine's ballets to 60 cities around the globe. Born in Miami, Florida, she first studied there under George Milenoff and Thomas Armour until she attended the School of American Ballet in New York. At the age of 14, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as the youngest dancer in the company. In 1960, she became a member of the New York City
Jo Neary Should Be In Charge'. Neary gave a lecture as the sculptor, Dame Barbara Hepworth. Brimfield's 2012 exhibition, "Between Genius and Desire", at the Ceri Hand Gallery in Covent Garden, dealt with the myth of the suffering male artist. It included a film, 'Clement Greenberg – Lee Krasner = Jackson Pollock', in which Neary played the role of Lee Krasner. According to the Ceri Hand Gallery's website, 'Lee Krasner is re-imagined as a downtrodden, dowdy Home Counties frump and Pollock reduced to a helpless feral dog-like caricature – smashing things up, pissing on carpets, chasing balls and hanging his head out