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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Martha Graham as Queen Jocasta
Bertram Ross as King Oedipus
Paul Taylor as Tiresias
Helen McGehee as Chorus Leader
Mary Hinkson as Chorus
Akiko Kanda as Chorus
Ethel Winter as Chorus
Linda Hodes as Chorus
Carol Payne as Chorus
Bette Shaler as Chorus
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