Night Journey
5.3
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1960-01-01
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Music
Drama
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.
Featured Crew
| Alexander Hammid | Director |
| Nathan Kroll | Producer |
| David Golden | Lighting Design |
| Martha Graham | Choreographer |
| Clair D. Krepps | Recording Supervision |
| Bethsabee de Rothschild | Executive Producer |
| Clair D. Krepps | Sound Recordist |
| Isamu Noguchi | Set Decoration |
| Miriam Arsham | Editor |
| Stanley Meredith | Director of Photography |
