Aaron Tolson
Tap Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher

About Aaron

Aaron is a national spokesperson for SoDanca, former a consultant and writer for Dance Spirit Magazine, and is the assistant choreographer, co-creator and producer of Imagine Tap! Recently he taught aspiring tap students at Plymouth State University and the Boston Conservatory.  Aaron is also the Director or Tap2You a premier tap dance competition.

 

Aaron started dancing at the age of ten in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Four years into his dance career he was performing in the Great Tap Reunion at the Apollo Theatre. He attended St. John's University obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications all the while honing his tap technique in Manhattan. His senior year of college landed him in the New York Shakespeare Festival tap program, also known as Funk U! Soon Aaron became a company member of Manhattan Tap and worked with the show Tap Dogs. Jumping feet first into choreography, he landed a job with Absolut with a tour called Absolut Tap!

 

In 2005, Aaron completed a six-year run with Riverdance the show where he was a featured soloist. It brought him to Broadway and Radio City Music Hall and also the  title of captain of the Tap Dancers. Since then, Aaron has performed and taught at numerous tap festivals, performed with Brookline Chorus’ Duke Ellington Sacred Concert, The Late Show with Liam O’Conner in Ireland and played Drosselmeyer in Clara’s Dream, a Jazz Nutcracker.

 

Additionally, Aaron choreographed, produced and directed Something to Tap About, Tapped, Tapped In and Inspired - featuring his own New England Tap Ensemble. Aaron formed New England Tap Ensemble, a 501c3 non-profit organization, in May of 2007 to promote the art of tap in the community while fostering a sense of individuality in a professional artist.

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