Night Journey

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MOVIE

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.

Release Date

1960-01-01

Year

1960

Duration

29m

Status

Released

Score

5.30

Cast

Martha Graham

Martha Graham

Queen Jocasta

Bertram Ross

Bertram Ross

King Oedipus

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Paul Taylor

Tiresias

Helen McGehee

Helen McGehee

Chorus Leader

Mary Hinkson

Mary Hinkson

Chorus

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Akiko Kanda

Chorus

Ethel Winter

Ethel Winter

Chorus

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Linda Hodes

Chorus

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Carol Payne

Chorus

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Bette Shaler

Chorus