Founded in 1967, and strongly influenced by the ideas of American modern and postmodern dance artists Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham, the company was probably the first contemporary dance company in the UK, and played a pioneering role in developing the art form in that country.
The company closed in 1994 when The Place refocused its work, creating the Richard Alston Dance Company, and developing a bigger presenting programme for the Robin Howard Dance Theatre.
London Contemporary Dance School was originally conceived to train dancers for the company, and awarded its first degree in practical dance in 1982. The School is still in operation as part of The Place.
References
^. Olivier Winners 1978. The Society of London Theatre. 24 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010. Winner: Robert Cohan — Artistic Director, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, at Sadler's Wells
^. Olivier Winners 1989/90. The Society of London Theatre. 24 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010. Winner: London Contemporary Dance Theatre for Kim Brandstrup's Orfeo
^. Olivier Winners 1994. The Society of London Theatre. 24 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010. Winner: The dancers of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre for their season at Sadler's Wells
london, contemporary, dance, theatre, lcdt, contemporary, dance, company, based, place, founded, robin, howard, with, robert, cohan, artistic, director, founded, 1967, strongly, influenced, ideas, american, modern, postmodern, dance, artists, martha, graham, m. The London Contemporary Dance Theatre LCDT was a contemporary dance company based at The Place founded by Robin Howard with Robert Cohan as its Artistic Director Founded in 1967 and strongly influenced by the ideas of American modern and postmodern dance artists Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham the company was probably the first contemporary dance company in the UK and played a pioneering role in developing the art form in that country Choreographers such as Siobhan Davies Christopher Bannerman and Micha Bergese worked alongside composers like Barrington Pheloung to create new works which were performed at the Sadler s Wells Theatre and toured the UK and internationally Well known works created by the company include Cell 1969 Troy Game 1974 Forest 1976 Nympheas 1976 Stabat Mater 1976 Sphinx 1977 Rainbow Bandit 1979 Run Like Thunder 1983 LCDT won the 1975 Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Achievement In Ballet and Olivier Awards on three occasions in 1978 1 1989 1990 2 and 1994 3 The company closed in 1994 when The Place refocused its work creating the Richard Alston Dance Company and developing a bigger presenting programme for the Robin Howard Dance Theatre London Contemporary Dance School was originally conceived to train dancers for the company and awarded its first degree in practical dance in 1982 The School is still in operation as part of The Place References Edit Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet Olivier Winners 1978 The Society of London Theatre 24 April 2008 Archived from the original on 28 November 2010 Retrieved 18 September 2010 Winner Robert Cohan Artistic Director London Contemporary Dance Theatre at Sadler s Wells Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance Olivier Winners 1989 90 The Society of London Theatre 24 April 2008 Archived from the original on 21 December 2010 Retrieved 18 September 2010 Winner London Contemporary Dance Theatre for Kim Brandstrup s Orfeo Outstanding Achievement in Dance Olivier Winners 1994 The Society of London Theatre 24 April 2008 Archived from the original on 21 December 2010 Retrieved 18 September 2010 Winner The dancers of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre for their season at Sadler s WellsExternal links Edit Theatre portal London Contemporary Dance Theatre The Place Archived from the original on 5 February 2015 Retrieved 18 September 2010 Sweeney Stuart An Interview with Robert Cohan criticaldance Retrieved 18 September 2010 This dance related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This British theatre related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title London Contemporary Dance Theatre amp oldid 1092078493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
