Patricia Ruanne (3 June 1945 – 1 November 2022) was a British ballerina, ballet mistress, teacher, repetiteur, and director.
Ruanne was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on 3 June 1945 to Robert and Joan Ruane (née Castell).
[1] In 1973, she joined London Festival Ballet, led by its director Beryl Grey, in order to dance the classic roles, including Aurora in Rudolf Nureyev's production of Sleeping Beauty, and created the role of Juliet in his production of Romeo and Juliet.
[1][3] Ruanne created a number of leading roles including the Siren in Barry Moreland's Prodigal Son in Ragtime, the Lady in Red in Ronald Hynd's The Sanguine Fan in 1976, and danced the London premiere of Hynd's Rosalinda.
[2] In 1981, she appeared as the castaway on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where her favourite track was the Romeo and Juliet ballet suite by Sergei Prokofiev, her book was The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, and her luxury was sunglasses.