Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1960
Runtime: 29 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.3/10 (7 votes)
Status: Released
Night Journey
1960
29 min
⭐ 5.3/10
7 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Music
Drama
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- No Language xx
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
Martha Graham
Queen Jocasta
Bertram Ross
King Oedipus
Paul Taylor
Tiresias
Helen McGehee
Chorus Leader
Mary Hinkson
Chorus
Akiko Kanda
Chorus
Ethel Winter
Chorus
Linda Hodes
Chorus
Carol Payne
Chorus
Bette Shaler
Chorus
Crew
Alexander Hammid
Director
Nathan Kroll
Producer
Bethsabee de Rothschild
Executive Producer
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