Remy Charlip
Encyclopedia
Abraham 'Remy' Charlip is an American artist, writer, choreographer, theatre director, designer and teacher.
and fine arts at Cooper Union
in New York, graduating in 1949.
In the 1960s Charlip created a unique form of choreography, which he calls "air mail dances". He sends a set of drawings to a dance company, and the dancers order the positions and create transitions and context.
He has performed with John Cage
, he was a founder member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for which he also designed sets and costumes, he directed plays for the Judson Poet's Theater, he co-founded the Paper Bag Players, he served as head of the Children's Theater and Literature Department at Sarah Lawrence College
. He won two Village Voice Obie Award
s, three New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year citations, and was awarded a six-month residency in Kyoto from the Japan/U.S. Commission on the Arts. He has written and/or illustrated 29 children's books and currently lives in San Francisco, California
, USA.
Remy Charlip was the model for illustrations of Georges Méliès
in the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret
, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
.
Career
He studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
and fine arts at Cooper Union
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...
in New York, graduating in 1949.
In the 1960s Charlip created a unique form of choreography, which he calls "air mail dances". He sends a set of drawings to a dance company, and the dancers order the positions and create transitions and context.
He has performed with John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
, he was a founder member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for which he also designed sets and costumes, he directed plays for the Judson Poet's Theater, he co-founded the Paper Bag Players, he served as head of the Children's Theater and Literature Department at Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
. He won two Village Voice Obie Award
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
s, three New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year citations, and was awarded a six-month residency in Kyoto from the Japan/U.S. Commission on the Arts. He has written and/or illustrated 29 children's books and currently lives in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, USA.
Remy Charlip was the model for illustrations of Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
in the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a historical-fiction book written and illustrated by Brian Selznick and published by Scholastic Press. The hardcover edition was released on January 30, 2007, and the paperback edition was released on June 2, 2008. With 284 pictures between the book's 533 pages, the...
, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick is a Caldecott-winning American author and illustrator of children's books.-Life and career:Selznick was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey...
.
Children's books
- 1956 Dress Up and Let's Have a Party. Scott.
- 1957 Where is Everybody?. Scott.
- 1964 Fortunately. Parents Magazine Press.
- 1966 Mother, Mother, I Feel Sick, Send for the Doctor, Quick, Quick, Quick. Four Winds Press
- 1969 Arm in Arm (A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and other Echolalia). ISBN 0-590-07758-9.
- 1973 Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors.
- 1975 Thirteen Parents Mag. Press.
- 1999 Peanut Butter Party. Tricycle Press.
- 1999 Sleepytime Rhyme. Tricycle Press. Greenwillow Books. ISBN 0688162711
- 2000 Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This BookWhy I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This BookWhy I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book is a 2000 children's picture book by Remy Charlip.-Plot:A busy girl tries to find time to read, but something always stops her...
. Tricycle Press. - 2007 A Perfect Day. Greenwillow Books. ISBN 978-0-06—51972-8.
Sources
- "Young at Heart: A Celebration of Remy Charlip" in the Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
LC Information Bulletin, June 23, 1997 - Remy Charlip at WorldCat.org
External links
- The Paper Bag Players, co-founded by Charlip and Judith Martin (Not the same Judith MartinJudith MartinJudith Martin , better known by the pen name Miss Manners, is an American journalist, author, and etiquette authority. Martin's uncle was economist and labor historian Selig Perlman.- Early life and career :...
widely known as "Miss Manners.")