XS Latin

Category: Routines

  • Tom Jones
    2005

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    David Mallabone
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    Following on from the Aladdin theme did not prove to be an easy task. Former member David Mallabone, having turned professional in 2004, was now on board as a coach and so, as an easy induction, was given the task of arranging the music for the new theme. Having completed a My Fair Lady themed music and…

  • Aladdin
    2003 – 2004

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    David Mallabone
    in

    A discussion in Vilnius Airport on the return journey from XS’s first trip to the IDSF World Championships turned into a brainstorming for a new theme and Aladdin emerged triumphant from that debate. Inspired by the Disney animated movie, this routine debuted at the British National in November 2003.

  • Moulin Rouge
    2002 – 2003

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    David Mallabone
    in

    The arrival on the big screen of the Baz Luhrmann film, Moulin Rouge, provided inspiration for the third XS routine. This time, the music and choreography were done ‘in-house’ and the team, for the first time, appreciated the enormity of the task of putting together a music and choreography for 8 couples and 6 minutes that…

  • Mystery
    2000 – 2001

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    by

    David Mallabone
    in

    Following the success of Sarafina, the team decided to purchase its second routine from German team TSG Braunschweig. With Bruce Lait now on board as coach, and a large turn around in membership, the team spent the latter half of 1999 and the first half of 2000 working on the new choreography.

  • Sarafina
    1997 – 1999

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    by

    David Mallabone
    in

    Loaned from TSG Braunschweig (at the time a first division German latin formation team), Sarafina was the routine that started it all.