Robert Cohan, 95, Dies; Exported Contemporary Dance to Britain
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 l...