Daniel Grossman was born in San Francisco, California on September 13, 1942, to a Polish-Hungarian Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother.
In 1963 Paul Taylor saw Grossman at a summer course at Connecticut College and invited him to join his dance company.
[3] Also in 1977 he collaborated and danced with Judy Jarvis in Bella,[4] a piece inspired by Giacomo Puccini's music and Marc Chagall's paintings of lovers.
[5] Grossman was profiled in Moze Mossanen's 1987 documentary film Dance for Modern Times, alongside David Earle, James Kudelka, Ginette Laurin and Christopher House.
[2] Grossman also promoted dance education by visiting various public schools and post-secondary institutions to teach classes.