I am so sorry to report that Selma Jeanne Cohen has died, after a long struggle with Alzheimers. She was a pathfinder for the dance community, especially for historians, and her groundbreaking works on history and aesthetics have been and will continue to be integral to our literature.
She wrote with authority and with humor. She was able to take complex ideas and state them clearly, so that people of many different backgrounds and perspectives could discuss them with interest. Her work was read by scholars and lay people -- a claim that few authors can make. She loved dance and took it seriously, and we are richer for it.