(Night Journey)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Music,

Drama

Runtime:

29 minutes

Year:

1960

Directors:

Alexander Hammid

Actors:

Queen Jocasta

King Oedipus

Tiresias

Chorus Leader

Chorus

Crews:

Director

Producer

Recording Supervision

Lighting Design

Choreographer