Night Journey

Night Journey (1960)

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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.

Director: Alexander Hammid

Casts

	Martha Graham as Queen Jocasta
	Bertram Ross as King Oedipus
	Paul Taylor as Tiresias
	Helen McGehee as Chorus Leader
	Mary Hinkson as Chorus
	Akiko Kanda as Chorus
	Ethel Winter as Chorus
	Linda Hodes as Chorus
	Carol Payne as Chorus
	Bette Shaler as Chorus

Crew