Night Journey

Night Journey — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1960
• Runtime
• 29 min
• Genres
• Music, Drama
• Director
• Alexander Hammid

Night Journey — Cast

Martha Graham Queen Jocasta Bertram Ross King Oedipus

P

Paul Taylor Tiresias Helen McGehee Chorus Leader Mary Hinkson Chorus

A

Akiko Kanda Chorus Ethel Winter Chorus

L

Linda Hodes Chorus