Robert Cohan ö Biography Born in New York in 1925, Robert Cohan trained at the Martha Graham School. He began his professional career in dance when he joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1946. He quickly moved to soloist and then performed throughout the world as a partner to Graham herself. In 1967, at the invitation of Robin Howard, he became the first Artistic Director of The Contemporary Dance Trust in London. As such, he was the founding Artistic Director of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School and London Contemporary Dance Theatre (LCDT), which he directed for the next 20 years. Robert Cohanâs infuence on the development of modern dance in Britain has been considerable. He pioneered the teaching of contemporary dance technique in Britain. He was also instrumental in the development of a vast following for dance. He did this through the repertory of LCDT but also through his pioneering educational residencies throughout the country. As artistic director of LCDT, he created many works for the Company, in collaboration with leading composers and designers. Among them, Stages, No manâs Land, Stabat Mater, Forest, Testament, the full-length Dances of Love and Death (commissioned for the Edinburgh Festival), Ceremony, Interrogations, Agora, Phantasmagoria and Video Life. Since 1989, Robert Cohan has been working freelance and has choreographed several ballets for Scottish Ballet. He was the Artistic Advisor to the Batsheva Dance Co. from 1980 to 1990. He has also been continually in demand as a director of choreographic courses, notably the International Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers, which he directed six times. Robert Cohan has been given several doctorates: Dr of Letters by the Universities of Kent and Exeter and Dr of the University of Middlesex. In 1988, he was awarded an honorary CBE in recognition of his outstanding contribution to dance in the United Kingdom. He has since taken British nationality. Back to 2005 Repertoire