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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.

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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
Linda Hodes
Chorus
Akiko Kanda
Chorus
Carol Payne
Chorus

Crew (13)

Directing

Writing

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Production

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

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Crew

Clair D. Krepps
Sound Recordist
Martha Graham
Choreographer

Editing

Lighting

David Golden
Lighting Design

Visual Effects

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