Background
Grossman was born in San Francisco, California to a Polish-Hungarian Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother.
Grossman was born in San Francisco, California to a Polish-Hungarian Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother.
He created the Danny Grossman Dance Company which produced his political dances. When he was ten he walked his first picket line and remained politically active his whole life. He began folk dancing in grade school but by 1960 he was learning and performing modern dance with Gloria Unti.
In 1963 Paul Taylor saw Grossman at a summer course at Connecticut College and invited him to join his dance company.
Grossman remained with the company for ten years. In 1973 Grossman was invited to Toronto Dance Theatre as a guest artist and remained in Canada ever since.
He joined the faculty of York University and choreographed a duet called Higher. This piece caused Grossman to create the Danny Grossman Dance Company.
Drawing on his activism upbringing, Grossman has been involved with many different organisations to promote dance and the arts
Grossman served on the Toronto Arts Council and participated with Toronto’s Artsvote campaign to promote local cultural issues. Grossman also promotes dance education by visiting various public schools and post-secondary institutions to teach classes.