Night Journey (1960)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1960 (US)
  • Music, Drama
  • 29m

Overview

Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.

Alexander Hammid

Director

Cast

Martha Graham's headshot

Martha Graham

Queen Jocasta
Bertram Ross's headshot

Bertram Ross

King Oedipus
Paul Taylor's headshot

Paul Taylor

Tiresias
Helen McGehee's headshot

Helen McGehee

Chorus Leader
Ethel Winter's headshot

Ethel Winter

Chorus
Mary Hinkson's headshot

Mary Hinkson

Chorus
Linda Hodes's headshot

Linda Hodes

Chorus
Akiko Kanda's headshot

Akiko Kanda

Chorus

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