Born in Annapolis, MD, Anton T. Wilson began his study of dance with Anne Waugh Allen and Edward D. Stewart before receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, from the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has performed with: Ballet Theatre of Maryland; Parnassus Dance Theatre, Japan; Djazzex, Holland; Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo; Martita Goshen’s Earthworks; Jennifer Muller/The Works, New York, among others. He has taught, choreographed and toured internationally for thirty-six years.
Anton is a 2007 and 2009 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual Artist Award for choreography. He was one of four choreographers selected to initiate the Four Steps Forward choreography project in The Hague, Holland. Locally, he has choreographed productions for: the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Opera Vivente, Ballet Theater of Maryland and Pennsylvania Regional Ballet, among others. In addition to workshops and master classes, he was a faculty member of the Kirov Academy of Ballet and has taught for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Anton currently teaches at the Baltimore School for the Arts and The VIVA School, as well as maintaining his lifelong involvement in equestrian competitions.
