About

As a child, Anthony "Tony" Howell performed and toured with the Marie Brooks Children's Dance Theater in Haiti and Jamaica (1974); Ghana (1975); and Italy (1979). He studied African and Afro-Caribbean dance with Philip Stamps and Chuck Davis; Dunham technique with Larl Becham, Lavinia Williams, and Joan Peters; and classical ballet at the Joffrey Ballet. He choreographed "For Colored Girls..." (2002) at State Street Productions in Albany, NY; Miss Julie (1987) at North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C.; Natural Man (1985); and Tambourines to Glory (1982) at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.

From 2006-2008, Mr. Howell taught Afro-Modern dance inspired by the Dunham technique at Charles Moore Dance Theater;   Bronx Theater High School (2007-2008); Hunts Point Middle School (2009) and Uptown Dance Academy (2008-2009). Mr. Howell also joined the staff of Talking With Wolves, Inc., as a dance educator at P.S. 150 and P.S. 298 in Brooklyn, NY. Under the auspices of the Museum of African Art. Mr. Howell also taught at after-school programs throughout the metropolitan New York City area. Finally, as a result of an overwhelming response to the Take a Chance African Dance class series at the Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side, in the summer of 2008, Mr. Howell was invited to return for the winter and summer 2009 series. Mr. Howell choreographed Bele (2011) for P.A.K.A. (Passing  Ancestral Knowledge Along) at the F.I.T. (Fashion Institute of Technology) under the auspices of Danna McBroom Manno.

Presently, employed as Guest Artist at DVP (Dances for a Variable Population),  Mr. Howell conducts a dance class entitled; Dances of the African Diaspora (with a Dunham barre) at the Ripley Grier Studios in New York. He shares his talent with 'mature populations' throughout the Metropolitan New York City area.

His most recent publications: Ice Does Melt: Prose and Essay; and The African Diaspora in Arts and Culture – A to Z, are testament to his flourishing talent as a writer and contributor to the new Renaissance of African American authors.

Mr. Howell earned his BA in African Studies and French from the University at Albany, Albany, New York (2002), and MSW- Masters of Social Work from the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University (2018), New York NY. He employed his talent as a Family Social Worker at Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York City, and Family Therapist at Jewish Board of Families and Children In Bronx, New York.