Position:
Assistant Professor, Dance (Beginning Fall 2025)
Employed Since:
Fall 2025
Educational History:
B.F.A., M.F.A., Florida State University
Professional Highlights:
Howard is an interdisciplinary dance artist and educator whose creative research integrates contemporary dance, immersive art and theatrical performance. He was a principal company member with The Tallahassee Ballet (2016–2020) and a performer for Celebrity Cruise Line, with a career that spans 12 countries and three continents. Howard has held faculty appointments at Florida State University (FSU) and Texas A&M University, where he taught contemporary and ballet techniques, choreography, improvisation, dance production and interdisciplinary performance practices at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His teaching and creative work are informed by a background in immersive performance, architectural storytelling and collaborative devising processes that emphasize play, place and presence.
Howard’s choreography includes work for opera, screendance, interactive installation and dance theatre. Recent projects include “Hänsel und Gretel” and “The Cunning Little Vixen” for FSU Opera, “Agnes & Agatha” for the 2024 Atlanta Fringe Festival and “Sandbox Dreams” for the CAMPGround23 International Music Festival. His choreography for the screendance “Blairsville” — created in collaboration with director Daniel Smith, assistant professor at the FSU School of Dance — received the Best Choreography award at the Toronto Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival. His interdisciplinary interests also include hand-crafted miniature environments, fine art, character-driven performance and narrative experimentation through movement.
Howard holds both a Master of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Florida State University.