- Aaron Tolson
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footnotes =Aaron Tolson (born
Manchester, New Hampshire ,USA ) has been atap dance r since1986 . He is currently the assistantchoreographer , co-creator and assistant producer of "Imagine Tap !" - a tap show created withDerick Grant .cite journal|last=Hildebrand|first=Karen|date=July 2006|journal=Dance Magazine|volume=Vol. 80|issue=Issue 7|pages=p19-20|issn=00116009|title=THE HOOFIN' IS COOKIN'] He is also a consultant and writer for "Dance Spirit Magazine "Fact|date=May 2008 and an Adjunct Professor of Dance atPlymouth State University inPlymouth, New Hampshire [cite web|url=http://www.plymouth.edu/mtd/faculty_member.html?fac=aatolson|title=Music, Theatre and Dance Department Faculty|accessdate=2008-05-26] andThe Boston Conservatory inBoston, Massachusetts .Fact|date=May 2008Training
Tolson started dancing at the age of ten in
Lawrence, Massachusetts .cite web|url=http://www.newhampshire.com/article.aspx?articleid=275|title=Manchester dancer parlays talent for tap into a career|last=WEEKES|first=JULIA ANN|date=2006-11-23|publisher=newhampshire.com|accessdate=2008-05-26] Four years into his dance career he was performing in the "Great Tap Reunion " at theApollo Theater . Soon, Tolson met Julia Boynton in Boston [cite news|title=DANCE REVIEW; `Riverdance' stays in step at the Wang|last=Theodore|first=Bale|date=2002-06-06|publisher=Boston Herald|accessdate=2008-05-26] , and she guided him in the direction of tap as a lifestyle. He went to St. John's University, graduating with aBachelor of Science degree in Communications, all the while honing his tap technique inManhattan . His senior year of college led him to theNew York Shakespeare Festival tap program, also known asFunk U ! Tolson became a company member ofManhattan Tap and worked with the show "Tap Dogs ". Jumping feet first into choreography, he found a job withAbsolut with a tour called "Absolut Tap! " He choreographed a piece for their second tour and was a dance captain for all of the teams for two years. Tolson started doing competition pieces inNew Hampshire and all over theUnited States . He has had students compete in theMiss America pageant as well as numerous national and international dance competitions.Career highlights
Tolson had a six-year run with "
Riverdance " where he was a featured soloist. The show brought him to Broadway andRadio City Music Hall . He was also the dance captain of the Tap Dancers. He still scouts and trains new tap dancers for the show.External links
* [http://www.newenglandtap.com Aaron Tolson] at
N.E. Tap.com
* [http://www.aarontolson.com/ Aaron Tolson] personal web siteNotes
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