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PARIS DANCE TROUPE DUE – A bevy of beauties from Paris will fly into Singapore tomorrow to add a touch of the Folies Bergère to the entertainment scene during the New Year season. The Doriss Girls, as the 13 long-legged shapely dancers are known, will be performing at the Goodwood Hotel from Saturday… The Doriss Girls have all performed at the famed Moulin Rouge in Paris. [Straits Times, February 10, 1967, p. 16]
“The girls are from England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Ireland and Canada.” [Straits Times, March 7, 1967, p. 5]
The troupe returned to Singapore in 1970 and 1975, making three appearances in total between 1967 and 1975.
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1967 – Goodwood Hotel, Singapore (February); St. John Ambulance Hall, Ipoh (March); and presumably other locations in Malaysia.
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1970 – Tropicana Theatre Restaurant, Singapore (July). “The troupe will be here for about five weeks.” [Singapore Herald, July 31, 1970, p.4]; “Last 2 nights.” [Straits Times, September 2, 1970, p. 6]
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1975 – Tropicana Theatre Restaurant, Singapore (April).
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Advertisement for Doriss Girls on their first visit to Singapore (1967). Image provided by Ross Laird.
Sources
“Paris Dance Troupe Due.” Straits Times, February 10, 1967, 16. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Doriss girls for Ipoh.” Straits Times, March 7, 1967, 5. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Leader of Les Doriss Girls.” Singapore Herald, July 31, 1970, 4. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Tropricana – Les Doriss Girls Show – Last 2 nights.” Straits Times, September 2, 1970, 6. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
Contributor
2025. “Les Doriss Girls”. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
