Night Journey
Details
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.
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Martha Graham , Bertram Ross , Paul Taylor , Helen McGehee , Ethel Winter , Mary Hinkson , Linda Hodes , Akiko Kanda
- Director: Alexander Hammid
- Producer: Bethsabee de Rothschild
