Night Journey (1960)

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.

Cast

Queen Jocasta
King Oedipus
Chorus Leader

Crew

Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Set Decoration
Sound Recordist
Recording Supervision
Lighting Design
Choreographer
Executive Producer