Patricia Elizabeth Rianne (born 1943) is a retired New Zealand ballet dancer and choreographer.

Biography

Rianne was born and raised in

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

. She danced with the New Zealand Ballet and then in 1962 won a New Zealand government scholarship to attend the

Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers, especially ...

in London. After graduating, she danced as a soloist in the Marseilles Ballet, France and then joined

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in London as a principal dancer. In 1969 she joined

Western Theatre Ballet Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the five leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet. Founded in 1969, ...

and later became a founding member of Scottish Ballet. Rianne also choreographed original ballets such as ''Bliss'', based on Katherine Mansfield's short story, for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and in 1980 she produced ''

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'' for the company.

Personal life

Rianne married Michael Lloyd, an orchestral conductor, and the couple had two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rianne, Patricia 1943 births Living people People from Palmerston North New Zealand ballerinas New Zealand choreographers