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.