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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...

Becky Fifield
May 9, 20143 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Nov 21, 20132 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Dec 17, 20122 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Nov 30, 20122 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Sep 9, 20122 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Aug 25, 20121 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Aug 23, 20121 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Aug 9, 20121 min read
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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,...

Becky Fifield
Jul 17, 20121 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
May 12, 20123 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Apr 13, 20121 min read
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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...

Becky Fifield
Apr 13, 20121 min read
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