Night Journey
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
Crew
Alexander Hammid
Director
Nathan Kroll
Producer
Clair D. Krepps
Recording Supervision
David Golden
Lighting Design
Martha Graham
Choreographer
Bethsabee de Rothschild
Executive Producer
Alexander Hammid
Director of Photography
Stanley Meredith
Director of Photography
William Schuman
Original Music Composer
Miriam Arsham
Editor