Robert Cohan, 95, Dies; Exported Contemporary Dance to Britain
A New York-born protégé of Martha Graham, he and a rich patron revolutionized dance in the U.K. with a cutting-edge new form.
Robert Cohan in 1962. He was both a dancer and a teacher with the Martha Graham company in New York before revolutionizing dance in Britain.Credit.Jack Mitchell/Getty Images
Published Jan. 29, 2021Updated Feb. 1, 2021
Robert Cohan, a New York-born dancer and choreographer who changed the course of British dance by helping to establish an acclaimed contemporary dance company and school in London in the late 1960s, died there on Jan. 13. He was 95.
âThey are our familyâ: Neighborhood bars struggle to survive during pandemic
By James Sullivan Globe Correspondent,Updated January 14, 2021, 2:52 p.m.
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Longtime customer Cindy Wallick eats and has a drink while playing Keno at Prattyâs C.A.V. in Gloucester.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Prattyâs C.A.V. in Gloucester has been a family business since Jimmy Pratt bought the place in 1986. Heâd been working there since he got back from Vietnam, when it was still called Earlâs Cape Ann Vets.
After this no-frills corner bar locked its doors during the pandemic last summer, some of the locals wondered if the place might be gone for good.