Remy Charlip





Remy Charlip

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Abraham 'Remy' Charlip (born January 10, 1929) is an American artist, writer, choreographer, theatre director, designer, and teacher.

He studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan 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 founding 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, and he served as head of the Children's Theater...more


Average rating: 3.99 · 509 ratings · 138 reviews · 26 distinct works
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Arm in Arm: A Collection of...
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Sleepytime Rhyme
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A Perfect Day
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Little Old Big Beard And Bi...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions
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