Becky Fifield
Don’t Confuse Geisha and Courtesans (Oiran and Tayu)
Images of geisha and courtesans are often mislabeled. For those unfamiliar with subtleties in the styling and wear of kimono, obi, and...
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Becky Fifield
- Nov 21, 2013
- 2 min
George Frideric Handel and The London Foundling Hospital
George Fredrich Handel. Public Domain. The Messiah, written by George Frideric Handel in 1741 and first performed in Dublin before its...
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Becky Fifield
- Dec 17, 2012
- 2 min
Museum Monday: Beethoven’s Birthplace
Has anyone else been outraged by the clips on WNYC when they ask people on the street “Who is Beethoven?” followed by soundbites of...
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Becky Fifield
- Nov 30, 2012
- 2 min
New York at Night
RL Fifield. 2008. It’s something about the light of shops shining out onto the sidewalks, people wrapped in coats, the tall buildings...
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Becky Fifield
- Sep 9, 2012
- 2 min
Geisha and Maiko – Japanese Classical Dance
RL Fifield performing Botan with Ichifujikai in 2006. My height earned me male roles, along with accompanying tummy padding under my...
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Becky Fifield
- Aug 25, 2012
- 1 min
The Geisha Toye as a Vendor of Poems
This woodblock print in the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicts The Geisha Toye as a Vendor of Poems, and dates to c. 1795. Geisha were...
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Becky Fifield
- Aug 23, 2012
- 1 min
Time for a Song: Women Should Their Time Divide
This finger-wag at women about appropriately dividing their time between pleasure and work is fun to sing. Interesting that work is...
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Becky Fifield
- Aug 9, 2012
- 1 min
Feeling Swank: The Green Mill, Chicago
Swank at The Green Mill. RL Fifield 2012. During our recent trip to see Jeremy W.(of Le Cafe Witteveen) and Tina S. in their Chicago...
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Becky Fifield
- Jul 17, 2012
- 1 min
Transit Tuesday: Subway, Sesame Street Style
Nothing underlines the fact that Sesame Street is a New York product like this 1974 clip “Subway.” It’s a bit discordant and urban,...
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Becky Fifield
- May 12, 2012
- 3 min
Iro Iro: My Brief Moment as a Japanese Classical Dancer
Kimono? White makeup? Shamisen music? In New York City? I spent a few years as part of a semi-professional kabuki dance troupe here, as a...
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Becky Fifield
- Apr 13, 2012
- 1 min
It’s Friday! Do “The Baltimore”
While I think the city of Baltimore had little to do with inspiring the creation of this dance tune by Fred Rich and the Hotel Astor...
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Becky Fifield
- Apr 13, 2012
- 1 min
It’s Friday! Do “The Baltimore”
While I think the city of Baltimore had little to do with inspiring the creation of this dance tune by Fred Rich and the Hotel Astor...
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