Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1890, 1912-1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 m of textual records. -- 452 photographs. -- 1 audio cassette. -- 4 video cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Regina Bickel, 1912-1992, was born in Berlin, Germany on March 25, 1912. She toured Europe as a child ballerina under the stage name Regina Royce. She also worked as the director of an Italian company. In 1930 she married Count Michael Cheremeteff, ca. 1900-1943, and worked in his equestrian troupe based in Berlin. They had three children, Christina (Olso), Alexandra (Madsen),1933-2002, and Dmitry. She settled in Calgary, Alberta in 1956 and established the Calgary Russian Ballet School, of which she was director, choreographer and teacher until its closing in 1989. She died in Calgary on March 5, 1992 at the age of 79.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Madame Regina Cheremeteff and Michael Madsen, 1985-2006.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, cashbooks, newsclippings, posters, programs, advertisements; interviews and reviews; photographs of Madame Cheremeteff, her pupils, and her husband's equestrian troupe; and material relating to the thirtieth anniversary performance of the school, including an audiotape interview with Mme. Cheremeteff and a videotape of the performance.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available
Related units of description
Other Regina Cheremeteff records are held by the New York Public Library Dance Collection. Costumes of the Calgary Russian Ballet School are held in the cultural history collections at Glenbow.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Calgary Russian Ballet School (Subject)