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Tony Carl Waag is a Tap Dancer, Director and Producer living in New York City. In 2008, he was dubbed “The Mayor of Tap City” by Theatremania. He is currently the Executive/Artistic Director of the American Tap Dance Foundation. ==Early Life/Education== Tony Carl Waag was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on September 8, 1957. While growing up, he watched old MGM Hollywood musicals and developed an interest in performing. By high school, he had joined the Storm Mountain Folk Dancers, a local group devoted to the “authentic recreation of regional dance styles, costumes and music.” After graduating high school in 1976, Waag continued his education across the street at Colorado State University. At first, he majored in Art/Sculpture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Range of Motion, The Morning Call, by Judith Green )〕 During his freshman year, however, he attended a tap workshop led by Brenda Bufalino, Charles “Cookie” Cook and Leslie “Bubba” Gaines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A joyful noise: Hitting a chord with Tap City, by Johnette Rodriguez, The Providence Phoenix )〕 That summer, his network expanded further when he met Charles "Honi" Coles when Honi was on tour with the musical revue, Bubbling Brown Sugar. A year later, Waag changed his college major to dance and moved to Salt Lake City to continue his studies at the University of Utah. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Dance: Tony Waag, ART TIMES, by Francine L. Trevens )〕 In 1979, Waag dropped out of college in order to move to San Francisco and study with tap masters Eddie Brown and Tony Wing of Toy & Wing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Range of Motion, The Morning Call, by Judith Green )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Waag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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