[1] 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.
[4] Cohan retired as LCDT's full-time artistic director in 1983 after the company’s successful first appearance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Both Dan Wagoner, American dancer/choreographer, and Nancy Duncan, producer, then undertook the artistic directorship.
[1] 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.