Born in the northern woods of Michigan, Thomas started his stage experience with no singing or acting skills but danced with a fluid ease, in small town local musical theater. At fifteen he enrolled in Interlochen Arts Academy's dance department, graduating in 1988. From 1988 to 1992 he attended S.U.N.Y at Purchase college, graduating with a BFA in dance. The first year after graduation he performed in independent projects by Ken Tosti, Neil Greenberg and Kevin Wynn while also maintaining scholarships with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and the David Howard dance studio, NYC. 1993 Tom joined the Repertory Understudy Group with MCDC. In 1994 he became a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, where he took part in eight new creations and hundreds of repertory revivals while also being fortunate to tour throughout the world. Mid-career with Merce, Tom started to collaborate with Petter Jacobsson, creating for, and performing in downtown NY theaters and the now mythic Martha@Mother. In 2000, Tom left MCDC to continue his work and life with Petter in Stockholm, Sweden where he had recently been appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet. Their modernization of the repertory won Petter a prize from the contemporary choreographers of Stockholm. An exceptional achievement of their programming for the Royal Swedish Ballet, was the creation of two immense happenings, In Nooks and Crannies, 2000 and 2001. The project involved the Royal Ballet, Opera and Orchestra, as well as independent artists. All were asked to perform or create for the unknown, unusual or even restricted spaces of this iconic institution. Corridors, dressing rooms, toilets, cafeterias, bars, the entire house, with exception to the main stage was offered up as performance space. In 2002 they received a Gold Mask for their choreography of a then new setting of Chess the musical in Stockholm. From 2002 to 2011 he maintained an active freelance performance career. In 2005 Petter and Thomas decided to concentrate their efforts in their collaborative work where they, with the support of the city of Stockholm and the Swedish Arts Council, created numerous works for a variety of venues throughout Sweden and internationally. From 2011 to 2026 Tom worked with National Choreographic Center – Ballet de Lorraine. Almost fourteen years of creating, curating and planning led to almost 200 works, projects and events.