Patricia McBride (born August 23, 1942) is a ballerina[1] who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet.
She danced with the company for 30 years, including roles created for her by choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
("The Man I Love" pas de deux and "Fascinatin' Rhythm" solo); Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée; Swanilda in Coppélia; Pavane; the paper ballerina in The Steadfast Tin Soldier; the Pearly Queen in Union Jack and the "Voices of Spring" section of Vienna Waltzes.
Jerome Robbins created roles for McBride in Dances at a Gathering (pink), In the Night (third nocturne), The Goldberg Variations, The Four Seasons (fall) and Opus 19/The Dreamer, among other ballets.
She, her husband Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, also a dancer and teacher of dance, and two children reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.