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.
Stars: Martha Graham, Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor, Helen McGehee, Ethel Winter, Mary Hinkson
Crew: Alexander Hammid (Director), Nathan Kroll (Producer), David Golden (Lighting Design), Martha Graham (Choreographer), Clair D. Krepps (Recording Supervision), Bethsabee de Rothschild (Executive Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
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Runtime: 29 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1960
IMDb: 5.7
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