Night Journey

Night Journey by Alexander Hammid

5.30

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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Cast

Martha Graham

Martha Graham as Queen Jocasta

Bertram Ross

Bertram Ross as King Oedipus

Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor as Tiresias

Helen McGehee

Helen McGehee as Chorus Leader

Mary Hinkson

Mary Hinkson as Chorus

Akiko Kanda

Akiko Kanda as Chorus

Ethel Winter

Ethel Winter as Chorus

Linda Hodes

Linda Hodes as Chorus

Carol Payne

Carol Payne as Chorus

Bette Shaler

Bette Shaler as Chorus

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