Dance


First Singapore Label At International Fashion Show


In 1997, Song+Kelly became the fi rst Singapore fashion label to be showcased at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney. The following year, it was the fi rst local label at New York Fashion Week. It was also the fi rst to appear in international magazines such as American Elle and British Vogue and to be carried by department stores like Barneys in New York, as well as Selfridges and Spaco NK in London. Song+Kelly was started by fashion designers Wykidd Song and Ann Kelly.


Most Prolifi c Ballet Choreographer


Longest Catwalk


On 1 May 2009, the Orchard sidewalk in front of Ngee Ann City and Wisma Atria was transformed into a glamorous site with a 163m catwalk for the fashion show. Celebri- ties, socialites, foreign media and the people from Singapore’s fashion and beauty scene witnessed about 60 models catwalking at the event organised by SPH Magazines’ Female and Nuyou.


Largest International Nails Competition


NailsAsia 2008, organised by BMI BeautyMart, is the largest international nails competition with 122 contestants. The event was held at Suntec City on 26 Feb 2008.


Longest Duration Catwalk


A catwalk lasting 4 hr 3 min took place at the Centrepoint atrium on 2 Sep 2006 with 47 volunteer models involved. The event was organised by Frasers Centrepoint Mall.


First International Nails Competition


The fi rst international nail art competition was held at the BeautyAsia 2007 at Suntec City on 27 Feb 2007 and 43 contestants from six Asian countries participated. The event was organised by BMI Beautymart International.


Cultural Medallion win- ner (1986) Goh Choo San started choreographing at the Dutch National Ballet in 1973. In 1976, he became the resident choreographer of the Washington Ballet. His reputation grew and he also created for companies as diverse as American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in addition to many others. When he passed away in 1987, he has created 39 ballets which have been staged throughout the world.


First Asian Dancer At Australian Ballet School


Goh Soo Khim, Cultural Medallion winner (1981) was the fi rst Asian dancer to be accepted at the Australian Ballet School in 1964. Known for her innovative dance choreography in works such as the Temple Tone Poem and Goodbye Again which retold dramatic Asian narratives using ballet techniques, Goh was also a co- founder of the Singapore Dance Theatre, which has become internationally renowned for its unique Asian idiom.


First Head Of Internationally Renowned Ballet School


Former Boston Ballet soloist Han Kee Juan, 49, has been the head of Washington School of Ballet since Jul 2007. He is only the third director of the 66- year-old school. Han taught at the North Carolina School of the Arts from 2003. For the decade before that he directed the Ari- zona Ballet School, training arm


of the Arizona Ballet. His training started at the Singapore Ballet Academy when he was in secondary school.


First Outdoor Ballet Concert


In 1995, the Singapore Dance Theatre staged the nation’s fi rst outdoor ballet concert, naming it Ballet Under the Stars. The evening picnic-cum-performance at Fort Canning Green has since become a regular item in the annual Singapore Arts Festival.


First Chinese Dance Scholarship


Serene Tan Xian Lin, born in 1990, went to Beijing to study Chinese dance after her Secondary One. In 2009, she was awarded the NAC Arts Scholarship to do a degree in Chinese dance at the Beijing Dance Academy.


First Dance Studio


In 1937, Low Poh San set up Pohsan Dance Studio at Outram Road, the fi rst to introduce ballroom dancing. Low and his wife Jenny, parents of the famous Sunny Low dancers in the 1960s, became professional ballroom champions in 1946 and from 1950 to 1953.


Largest Private Dance School


Crestar School of Dance off ered its fi rst ballet lesson in Singapore in 1977. The dance classes have since grown to an average enrol- ment of 4,000 students a year in a network of 19 centres in Singapore and Malaysia, off ering Bebe ballet, classical ballet and modern jazz dance.


Largest Hip-Hop Dance School


O School was founded in 2006 to provide positive role models for youths through dance. It has enabled young talents to work as dance instructors, performers and choreographers. The centre generated


close to half a million dollars in less than two


years. It organised The Big Groove, the fi rst and largest hip-hop dance conference in Singapore.


First Ballet Finalist At Genee Kwok Min Yi, 17, is the fi rst Singaporean to


enter the fi nals of the Genee International Ballet


Competition, widely regarded as the Olympics of the ballet world. Kwok was one of the 12 fi nalists


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at the competition held at UCC in Sep 2009. Started learning ballet at four, Kwok joined the Singapore Ballet Academy at 13. She received the NAC Scholar- ship to learn at the English National Ballet School in London.


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