Thomas Rasche started dancing Argentine Tango in Berlin in 1997.
From 2000 until 2006 Thomas lived and taught in Ireland.
He has taught classes on behalf of Dublin Argentine Tango Society (DATS) and other promoters in Dublin,
as well as in Cork and Waterford. In 2003 Thomas set up a Tango group in Mullingar, which had close links to the Longford-Westmeath Argentine Society.
Since moving to the UK in 2006, he set up the TangoLincs group in Lincolnshire, as well as having taught at Tango Mango events in Totnes, UK. He now lives in Bristol.
Thomas has published Tango books including 'Rasche Notation 2', a way of writing Tango steps.
This book is a further development of the book 'Rasche Notation'
which discusses the notation in detail. Also by Thomas is the book ‘Argentine Tango - Class Companion’,
which is a guide for students of Tango. This book covers the history, context and information about the dance, beyond that which is taught in classes.
Thomas has done numerous performances, including "The Tango Spell" with the Pasodos dance company. He has been taught by international dancers: Damián Esell & Nancy Louzán, Jorge Firpo & Aurora Lúbiz, Osvaldo Zotto
& Lorena Ermocida, Fredi Gutzler & Leila El-Jarad, Claudio Omar & María Verónica, Gabriel Angió & Natalia Games, Pablo Veron, Mariano "Chicho" Frúmboli & Eugenia Parilla, Fabián Salas & Carolina del Rivero, Rodolfo ‘el Chino’ Aguerrodi & Miho Omaki, Matias Facio & Kara Wenham, Ricardo Klapwijk & Nicole Nau, “El Pibe” Palermo and more. The understanding of music by Joaquín Amenábar and others.
Thomas’ dance style is of the Salons in Buenos Aires, and is characterised with smooth movement of the embracing couple across the floor. He teaches Tango in a way that enables you to quickly join a Milonga, the social dance evenings of Tango, with confidence.
The Tango is demystified and subtleties are described in detail, using the
understanding of geometry and physics of movement. Tango is a fun and social dance; important are communication between the dancers in the embrace, good leading that is clear and accurate, musicality and the improvisation with steps, music and floorcraft.