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 Hard vs Craft Woman", which they performed at Komedia Southside in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Each performed various characters for half an hour. Craft Woman is Peg Bird, Neary's Bohemian artist. Sean Hard is Graham Darg's deluded survivalist, his voice modelled on that of the actor Sean Bean. Neary has written on her blog that her Craft Woman character was "inspired by The Bloomsbury Group. Actually, it's inspired by a very particular living lady who works closely with the Bloomsbury descendants at Charleston Farmhouse near Firle but I don't want to name her, she might go on the internet one