Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln

After studying Theatre Studies, Comparative Literature and American Studies at the Free University of Berlin (degree: MA), he worked as an assistant director and dramatic adviser in Essen, Cologne and Regensburg as well as in several independent theatre productions in North Rhine-Westphalia. He has also been active as scientific project collaborator for the German Academy of Dance [Deutsche Akademie des Tanze], the German Dance Archive Cologne [Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln] as well as the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne [Historische Archiv der Stadt Köln] (project “Documentation of Cologne’s cultural life after 1945”). Since 1996 he has worked as deputy head of the German Dance Archive Cologne. From 2003 – 2010 Thomas Thorausch belonged to the group of “dance” experts on the Sparkasse KölnBonn funding programme, responsible for pre-screening project proposals in the field of dance and submitting them for decision to the board of SK Stiftung Kultur.
During the 5th Biennale Tanzausbildung Thomas Thorausch facilitates the roundtable Potentials on working with the archives.