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Vernon Martinus
Vernon Philip Martinus (19 August 1932 – September 2022) was a pioneer ballet dancer and choreographer in Singapore. He produced and performed in ''Show Business'', a series of popular musical variety shows staged in the 1950s, and led the Frances School of Dancing with his wife, ballet dancer Frances Poh. The school merged with the Malaya School of Ballet in 1958 to form the Singapore Ballet Academy. He also formed, directed and choreographed for the Singapore Ballet Company, a non-profit ballet group active in the later 1950s and the early 1960s. In 1963, he joined the newly-established Television Singapura as a producer and was involved with initiating a number of programmes for the station. He claimed to have produced the programme on which Lee Kuan Yew announced that Singapore would no longer be part of Malaysia. Early life and education Martinus was born in Singapore on 19 August 1932 to William Clarence Martinus and Evelyn Gauder. His father was the bandleader of the Sambo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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