[1] His dance center welcomed all students including children, adult beginners and professionals from the Broadway musicals and ballet.
[1][2] In addition to his teaching, Howard was an expert on the history of the pointe shoe worn by ballet dancers, and a pioneer in their design.
[1] Howard later became a dancer in the London Palladium chorus, appearing in shows featuring Julie Andrews, Marlene Dietrich and Danny Kaye.
[1] Of his move to the United States Howard said that he "...came as an upstart and ended up a part of the American dream."
[2] His teaching style was described by The New York Times as "...a kinaesthetic approach, in which dancers were taught to rely less on external feedback from the mirror and more on the minute internal signals that telegraph the position of the head, limbs and torso in space".