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Night Journey

1960-01-01
5.3
en 29m
MusicDrama
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.

Director

Alexander Hammid

Producer

Nathan Kroll

Recording Supervision

Clair D. Krepps

Lighting Design

David Golden

Choreographer

Martha Graham

Executive Producer

Bethsabee de Rothschild

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

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