Night Journey

Documentary · 1960NOT RATED

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.

Starring

Alexander Hammid, Martha Graham, Alexander Hammid, Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor, Stanley Meredith, Miriam Arsham, Helen McGehee, Nathan Kroll, Ethel Winter

Director

Alexander Hammid