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.
Night Journey
January 1, 1960
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Cast (10)
Martha Graham
Queen Jocasta
Bertram Ross
King Oedipus
Paul Taylor
Tiresias
Helen McGehee
Chorus Leader
Ethel Winter
Chorus
Mary Hinkson
Chorus
Linda Hodes
Chorus
Akiko Kanda
Chorus
Carol Payne
Chorus
Bette Shaler
Chorus
Crew (13)
Directing
Alexander Hammid
Director
Writing
No data availableProduction
Bethsabee de Rothschild
Executive Producer
Nathan Kroll
Producer
Sound
Clair D. Krepps
Recording Supervision
Robert Irving
Conductor
William Schuman
Original Music Composer
Art
Isamu Noguchi
Set Decoration
Camera
Alexander Hammid
Director of Photography
Stanley Meredith
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
Clair D. Krepps
Sound Recordist
Martha Graham
Choreographer
Editing
Miriam Arsham
Editor
Lighting
David Golden
Lighting Design