Music, Theatre and Dance Department Faculty

A native of Manchester, New Hampshire Aaron Tolson has been tapping for since 10 years of age. He is currently the assistant choreographer, co-creator and assistant producer of Imagine Tap! - a tap show created with Derick Grant. He is the Director, choreographer and founder of the New England tap Ensemble.  He is also a consultant and writer for Dance Spirit Magazine and a Professor of Dance at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH and a Professor at The Boston Conservatory.

Aaron recently finished a six-year run with Riverdance the show where he was a featured soloist. The show brought him to Broadway and Radio City Music Hall and was also the dance captain of the Tap Dancers. He still scouts and trains in new tap dancers for the show.

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. Soon Aaron found Julia Boynton in Boston and she guided him in the direction of tap as a lifestyle. He went to St. John's University getting 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! He choreographed a piece for their second tour and was a dance captain for all of the teams for two years. Aaron started doing competition pieces in New Hampshire and all over the United States. He has had students compete in the Miss America pageant as well as numerous national and international dance competitions.