Night Journey (1960)
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.
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Martha Graham
as Queen Jocasta
as Queen Jocasta
Bertram Ross
as King Oedipus
as King Oedipus
Paul Taylor
as Tiresias
as Tiresias
Helen McGehee
as Chorus Leader
as Chorus Leader
Ethel Winter
as Chorus
as Chorus
Mary Hinkson
as Chorus
as Chorus
Linda Hodes
as Chorus
as Chorus
Akiko Kanda
as Chorus
as Chorus
Carol Payne
as Chorus
as Chorus
Bette Shaler
as Chorus
as Chorus
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Alexander Hammid
Director
Director
Nathan Kroll
Producer
Producer
David Golden
Lighting Design
Lighting Design
Martha Graham
Choreographer
Choreographer
Clair D. Krepps
Recording Supervision
Recording Supervision
Bethsabee de Rothschild
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Clair D. Krepps
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Isamu Noguchi
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Miriam Arsham
Editor
Editor
Stanley Meredith
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
William Schuman
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Alexander Hammid
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Robert Irving
Conductor
Conductor
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