he went on to open a dancing academy in london, which eventually developed into a chain of 23 dance studios. by the early 1930s his teaching had become famous and he had taught some of the top celebrities of the day, among whom was estelle thompson, better known as merle oberon. victor had his own bbc television show through the 1950s, called "bbc dancing club", and was later the president of the imperial society of teachers of dancing.