Released:
1960-01-01

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.

Director:
Alexander Hammid

Runtime:
0h 29min

Genre:
Music, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Martha Graham
  as
  Queen Jocasta
• 
  Bertram Ross
  as
  King Oedipus
• 
  Paul Taylor
  as
  Tiresias
• 
  Helen McGehee
  as
  Chorus Leader
• 
  Mary Hinkson
  as
  Chorus