Identity area
Type of entity
Family
Authorized form of name
Alberts, Aida
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Hughesman, Aida
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1933 - present
History
Aida Alberts was born February 23, 1933 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her dance training began in Vancouver and in the early 1950’s she moved to Toronto to dance with the Ballet Interlude at the Canadian School of Ballet. She joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1953 as a member of the corps de ballet. She returned to Vancouver after the fire that destroyed the RWB building in June of 1954, where she performed for television and stage productions. She and her mother Mary Alberts later opened their own dance studios. She married Gary Hughesman in 1957. She belonged to the Canadian Dance Teachers’ Association and served as its president in the 1990s. Aida Alberts Hughesman most recently taught Ballet/Musical Theatre/Spanish Dance at the Maple Ridge Seniors Activity Centre in British Columbia.
Places
Vancouver, British Columbia (born, trained, performed, teacher)
Toronto, Ontario (dancer)
Winnipeg, Manitoba (dancer)
Toronto, Ontario (dancer)
Winnipeg, Manitoba (dancer)
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Dancer
Dance Teacher
Television and Stage Performer
Dance Teacher
Television and Stage Performer
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
BD; PHD
Maintained by
Institution identifier
RWB
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
RWB Archives