Education
Charlip studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan, and fine arts at Cooper Union in New York, graduating in 1949.
Charlip studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan, and fine arts at Cooper Union in New York, graduating in 1949.
He wrote or illustrated 29 children"s books In the 1960s Charlip created a unique form of choreography, which he called "air mail dances". He would send a set of drawings to a dance company, and the dancers would then order the positions and create transitions and context, without Charlip"s further participation.
He directed plays for the Judson Poets Theatre, co-founded the Paper Bag Players children"s theater company, and served as head of the Children"s Theater and Literature Department at Sarah Lawrence College.
Charlip was the model for illustrations of Georges Méliès in the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. He moved to San Francisco in 1989, and worked with local arts groups, including the Oakland Ballet.
He died in San Francisco in 2012. /MacMillan Publishing 1987 Handtalk Birthday.
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