Night Journey

Night Journey

29 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1960

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.

Night Journey

29 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1960

Night Journey
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers
Original title Night Journey
Directors Alexander Hammid
Writers

Cast

Martha Graham

as Queen Jocasta

Bertram Ross

as King Oedipus

Paul Taylor

as Tiresias

Helen McGehee

as Chorus Leader

Ethel Winter

as Chorus

Mary Hinkson

as Chorus

Linda Hodes

as Chorus

Akiko Kanda

as Chorus

Carol Payne

as Chorus

Bette Shaler

as Chorus