Night Journey poster

Night Journey

Description: 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.

Genres: Music, Drama

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 29 minutes

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Martha Graham

Played Queen Jocasta

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Bertram Ross

Played King Oedipus

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Paul Taylor

Played Tiresias

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Helen McGehee

Played Chorus Leader

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Ethel Winter

Played Chorus

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Mary Hinkson

Played Chorus

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Linda Hodes

Played Chorus

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Akiko Kanda

Played Chorus

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Carol Payne

Played Chorus

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Bette Shaler

Played Chorus

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